The Kent and Medway Local Nature Recovery Strategy outlines the priorities for nature recovery and the proposed actions to deliver these.
These priorities apply the Lawton principles of better, bigger, more and joined up. The priorities fall under a framework of ten ambitions, reflecting the broad and fabulous range of habitats we have in the county.
From this page you can view all the Strategy ambitions online and read the priorities and potential measures underpinning them. They are also presented in the Strategy documents.


Kent and Medway’s vision for nature recovery
The Kent and Medway Nature Recovery Strategy has 10 ambitions for nature recovery around which our more detailed priorities and potential measures are structured. The…

Better, bigger, more and joined up – the overarching principles for nature recovery in Kent and Medway
In order for the county’s nature to respond and adapt to the increasing challenges of climate change, as well as the other pressures and challenges…

Connectivity priorities and potential measures

Nature-based solutions priorities and potential measures

Land management and land-use priorities and potential measures

Grassland habitat priorities and potential measures
Click on the priorities below to view the associated potential measures. You can download all the grassland priorities and measures in the document at the…

Successional habitat priorities and potential measures

Woodland, trees and hedgerows priorities and potential measures

Freshwater habitat priorities and potential measures

Urban and built environment priorities and potential measures

Coastal priorities and potential measures




