Nature recovery is no longer optional. With Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) now a statutory requirement in England, every region must move from aspiration to coordinated delivery. For Birmingham — the UK’s largest local authority, a city shaped by environmental inequalities, and one with significant natural assets — this is both a responsibility and anContinue reading “Delivering the WMCA Nature Recovery Strategy in Birmingham: Clarity, Coordination and Collective Action”
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From Seed to Roots
Reflections on Five Years of Future Parks in BirminghamBy a Community Facilitator, Birmingham City of Nature Alliance When we first set out on the Future Parks Accelerator journey five years ago, the goal felt both urgent and enormous: tackle environmental injustice, reconnect people with the nature on their doorstep, and transform the way green spacesContinue reading “From Seed to Roots”
Green Champions – Wild at Heart
The way Birmingham City Council manages it’s parks, green and blue spaces and even some of its grey spaces has changed in line with Birmingham’s City of Nature Plan which you can read here: https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/…/our_future_nature_city… It is an ambitious 25-year plan for the whole city, but it starts in its heart with six wards mostContinue reading “Green Champions – Wild at Heart”