Networks For Nature
Networks for Nature is built upon the success of our Nature Recovery Corridor project. We’re creating a thriving, more connected, wildlife-rich landscape across Northwest Cheshire, for the benefit of people and nature, and maintained through community collaboration and partnership.
Supported with funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and in partnership with a host of local organisations, Networks for Nature will tackle habitat loss, species decline and urban isolation from nature.
Project objectives
The project area will cover 60 square miles from Ellesmere Port to Chester and will run from 2023 to 2028 where we will have met the project objectives to...
Creating and connecting diverse habitats for species to thrive now and for the future.
and inclusive for everyone – creating connections and improving wellbeing.
Supporting their stewardship of their natural heritage.
Establishing strong partnerships to support the work and legacy of Networks for Nature into the future.
Networks for Nature is only possible through partnership and collaboration with groups, communities and organisations committed to protecting and restoring nature. Here's some of the key partners we're working with:
• Cheshire West and Chester are aiming to sow wildflower meadows across the region and improve five public parks across the region for nature.
• Cheshire Wildlife Trust will work with landowners across the region to identify and restore habitats for nature including in the Gowy Meadows Nature Reserve.
• The Canal and River Trust will monitor water quality and identify flagship spaces for nature along the Shropshire Union Canal.
• Networks for Nature is part of The Land Trust’s continued create a biodiverse wetland habitat at the heart of the Countess of Chester Country Park.
• Sustrans will improve two sites along the National Cycle Network for the benefit of nature and people.
• Cheshire West Communities Together will work with us to help identify groups and schools who want to take action for nature in their own communities.
Partners and collaborators
GET INVOLVED
• We want to work with schools across the region to help make safe spaces for wildlife and support the next generation of nature’s protectors.
• In the Nature Recovery Corridor, we worked with families, pupils and teachers from six schools across the areas, bringing UK wildlife exploration into schools and their grounds.
• Over the course of a school year we’ll deliver a whole school, curriculum-linked project alongside training for staff and offer for families, flexible to the needs of the school.
If you teach or have children at a school that could take part in the project, please get in touch with Jane Absalom, Community Engagement Officer: j.absalom@chesterzoo.org