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Everyone in Sussex can get involved in their Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Add your projects and opportunities to our interactive map, watch a webinar or find out what Sussex residents love and have observed about their wildlife and wild places. You can also view photos, drawings and poems about nature sent in by Sussex 5-17 year olds.

Are you a landowner, farmer or land manager? Visit our dedicated page.

Watch a webinar

The webinars below explain what Local Nature Recovery Strategies are, what they aim to do, and the ways local people, organisations and groups can get involved.

Our Residents webinars (held in June 2024) also presented insights from the Public Survey to playback what you told us is important, as well as share inspiring case studies from those already working for nature in Sussex.

Watch them to hear from the brilliant and innovative Wilding Waterhall, Wilder Ouse, Greening Steyning, Lewes Swift Group, Sussex Ornithological Society, Weald to Waves and Sussex Youth Rangers.

Residents: East Sussex and Brighton & Hove webinar (June 2024)

Residents: West Sussex webinar (June 2024)

Community groups and orgs active in nature's recovery (March 2024)

Parish and Town Councils (February 2024)

Map your actions for nature

Across Sussex, community groups, organisations, farmers and land managers have or are taking steps to improve our natural environment, and we want to make sure these excellent actions are captured, large and small.

This voluntary Actions for Nature mapping tool is designed to help you tell us about your projects for nature whether completed, in progress or planned.

Map your actions for nature

Take a survey

Public Survey (Feb-Jun 2024)

To enable Sussex residents to contribute to their Local Nature Recovery Strategies, a Public Survey sought their views and observations on local environmental issues. The survey closed on 30^th June with 1,834 responses.

Findings from the survey that summarise the habitats and species residents value, what they have noticed about them, and what they'd like to see in the future have been captured in two reports. Insights have also been used to inform the priorities for nature’s recovery in Sussex, a key step in the development of each LNRS.

Read the habitats report

Read the species report

A page from the species report

Residents' favourite places to enjoy nature in Sussex

Residents also used the Public Survey to tell us about their favourite places to experience nature in Sussex and why. Explore the places they told us about by clicking on the pins in our interactive map. The more comments a place has, the more popular for nature it is.

'Those active in nature's recovery' survey

‘Friends of’ groups, voluntary organisations, local environmental/community/faith groups, and active town and parish councils are already working to help nature in Sussex. Most have existing priorities and projects, and valuable on-the-ground knowledge and experience – this makes them important stakeholders for the LNRS and potential delivery partners for its recommendations.

If you represent a group or organisation in Sussex that’s already working to benefit our natural environment, take the survey to tell us about your activities and interests. This survey closes in October 2024.

Take the 'active in nature' survey

Read interim 'Those active in nature' survey results

A snapshot of results was created at the end of July to provide an overview of the survey's results to date. The report covers:

The habitats and species community groups and organisations feel are a priority in their local area.
Current and flagship projects.
Challenges and concerns.

View 'Those active in nature' survey results

Organisations and Businesses Survey

Does your organisation have land that could be better utilised for nature?

If your business is located on a larger site that has potential for habitat creation or improvement, or you are already implementing actions for nature on your estate, take our landowner and land manager survey to let us know.

Take the landowners/managers survey

Creative youth prize draw

While we've been seeking the views of local people through surveys, events and workshops, there are other ways to engage the future custodians of our landscapes - children and young people!

This prize draw for 5-17 year olds asks young people to show us what nature in Sussex means to them.

They can share a photo, drawing or poem they've made for the chance to win a £25 gift card. While the prize draw has now closed, you can still see the faboulous poems, drawings and photos that were submitted. Head to the Youth Prize draw page and scroll down to see the two galleries.

View the Youth Prize Draw