Introduction to Nature / River Charters

Explore how Nature & River Charters are creating community-driven frameworks that guide environmental decision-making and build accountability for ecological commitments.

Why Attend?

• Community Leadership: Explore how to facilitate collaborative environmental governance that engages diverse local stakeholders
• Policy Innovation: Understand how Charters can bridge the gap between local community values and planning/policy processes
• Accountability Tools: Discover frameworks that create commitments to environmental protection while maintaining democratic legitimacy
• Landscape-Scale Impact: See how Charter approaches can coordinate action across multiple organisations and jurisdictions

Key Learning Outcomes:

• Introduction to the co-design process for creating Nature Charters that reflect both scientific evidence and community values
• Understand how Charters can be integrated with existing planning policies, management plans, and strategic frameworks
• Learn from UK Charter examples and their success in coordinating multi-stakeholder environmental action
• Explore approaches that build consensus around environmental priorities

Strategic Applications:

• Protected Landscape management planning with enhanced community input
• Cross-boundary conservation initiatives that span multiple jurisdictions
• Climate adaptation strategies co-created with affected communities
• Tourism and access management guided by community & environmental values
• Nature recovery initiatives delivered through collaborative landscape approaches

Perfect for:

• Protected Landscape partnership managers and community engagement leads
• Protected Landscape policy, strategy and project leads
• Natural England and Defra specialists working on landscape-scale nature recovery and protected landscapes
• Local authority planners and environmental policy officers
• NGO and community group leaders working on environmental campaigns

Speakers: Josh Levene (Charter methodology expert) & UK River Charter Case Study Presenter (Jane Brady)

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Meeting ID: 311 961 141 956 7

Passcode: yv2CX2DD

This webinar series was made possible with thanks to funding through the Coastal Wildbelt programme, a national initiative celebrating England’s extraordinary coastline as a place where people, nature, culture, and community can thrive together. Coastal Wildbelt is funded by Defra, through the Protected Landscapes Partnership. To find out more about our Partnership: https://www.protectedlandscapespartnership.org.uk/