East & West Sussex and Brighton & Hove are home to wondrous and iconic wildlife, including internationally rare habitats and species. But like the rest of the UK, nature in Sussex urgently needs our help.

Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) are a new, England-wide approach to do that, and everyone in Sussex can take part.

How to get involved
If you're a member of a group or organisation working (or planning to work) for the benefit of nature in Sussex, take this survey to tell us about them. Your answers will inform the priorities for nature at the heart of Sussex Local Nature Recovery Strategies. Find out more at www.SussexNatureRecovery.org.uk
This survey has 20 questions and closes on 15th December 2024.

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Your data privacy
East Sussex County Council and West Sussex County Council are each developing a Local Nature Recovery Strategy for their area, under the banner of Sussex Nature Recovery. The information you give us is collected by SurveyMonkey. It will be treated as confidential, anonymised in our research and stored and processed in accordance with our privacy policy. Any personal information will be deleted after years. If you have a question about your data, email: data@SussexNatureRecovery.org.uk
About your group or organisation

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* 1. What type of organisation or group are you a member of?  If you're a member of multiple groups, please pick ONE only.  Every group/organisation will need their own survey.

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* 2. What's your group's or organisation's name, and your official role if you have one e.g. Chair, Coordinator, Councillor etc. If you don't have a role, leave this blank.

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* 3. Which of the below best describes your group's or organisation's primary purpose?  Please select ONE description.

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* 4. In which county is your group or organisation primarily based? This tells us which LNRS your answers will be part of.  There will be one LNRS for West Sussex and one for East Sussex covering Brighton & Hove.

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* 5. In which Local Authority/council areas does your group or organisation operate?  Tick any that apply.

Your existing priorities and projects for nature

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* 6. Are there any habitats (e.g. hedgerows, woodlands, grasslands, meadows, ponds/lakes, wetlands, coastal/marine, rivers/streams etc.) your group or organisation would like to see improved or created in your local area? If so, tell us up to 3 habitats you're concerned with and why.  If none, leave blank.

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* 7. Are there any species of wildlife (e.g. types of plants, animals, birds, fish, insects etc.) that your group or organisation would like to see more of in your local area? If so, tell us up to 3 species you're concerned with and why. If none, leave blank.

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* 8. Are there any places for nature that your group or organisation would like to see improved or created in your local area? If so, tell us up to 3 places you're concerned with and why. If none, leave blank.

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* 9. If you gave habitats, species and/or places above, does your group or organisation have any projects or plans to improve or create them? (Tick any that apply)

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* 10. If you answered yes above, could you tell us the name of up to 5 of your projects and, if you know it, their status (whether the project has been delivered / is in progress / is being planned).

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* 11. Thinking beyond your group or organisation, are there any other habitats or species at risk or lost in Sussex that you wish to see restored or recovered? You can tell us up to 3 habitats and species, or leave this blank if none. 

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* 12. If your group/organisation has already helped nature in your local area, is there ONE project that has made a significant difference to local habitats, species, or people?  If so we'd love to hear about it. 

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* 13. To deliver your projects for nature, are you working with any other local groups or organisations? If so, can you tell us who your top 3 partnerships or collaborations are with.

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* 14. Is there anything hindering or preventing you from carrying out improvements for nature in your local area? Tick any that apply.

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* 15. Has your group or organisation undertaken or commissioned any ecological surveys in your local area in the last 10 years?

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* 16. Does your group or organisation own or manage land that could be better utilised to support nature? If yes, please tell us about it here. If not, leave this blank.

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* 17. If you represent a Parish or Town Council, have you designated any local green spaces within your Neighbourhood Plan because of their value for nature? (Everyone else skip to question 17)

Staying in touch and other ways to contribute

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* 18. How interested are you in any of the following ways to contribute to your Local Nature Recovery Strategy?

  Yes - very keen Reasonably interested No  Don't know/Not sure
Attending an online briefing call
Attending a workshop in person
Attending a workshop online
Providing further information 
Providing expertise
Featuring in a case study about the work of your group or organisation

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* 19. If you're happy for us to contact you with updates on Sussex Nature Recovery, or to follow up on what you've told us above, please tell us your name and email address below. Otherwise leave this blank.

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* 20. If you have any other comments or questions about Local Nature Recovery Strategies for Sussex, please feel free to add them here.

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Thank you for completing this survey and contributing to your Local Nature Recovery Strategy

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