Local Wildlife Sites Data for the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Local Nature Recovery Strategy

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Purpose of Contract Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Environmental Record Centre (CPERC) will provide data for the purposes of the Local Nature Recovery Strategy. The data provides information/mapping of Local Wildlife Sites. The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority is a Responsible Authority for producing a Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Context/Background Local nature recovery strategies are a system of spatial strategies for nature and environmental improvement required by law under the Act. Each strategy must: • agree priorities for nature’s recovery • map the most valuable existing areas for nature • map specific proposals for creating or improving habitat for nature and wider environmental goals The Defra Secretary of State decides the area that each strategy covers, and appoints a ‘responsible authority’ to lead its preparation, publication, review and republication. Defra will publish information on the area covered by each strategy and who the responsible authorities are. Together, the strategies will cover the whole of England with no gaps and no overlaps. The main purpose of the strategy is to identify locations to create or improve habitat most likely to provide the greatest benefit for nature and the wider environment. CPERC maintain data on County Wildlife Sites, and this is intellectual property of CPERC. That data is required as part of online mapping function of the LNRS and for development of the actions.