Agenda
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Oxfordshire Local Nature Partnership Board
Wednesday 13 September 2023 at 10.00 am Virtual meeting via MS Teams
Contact: Matt Whitney, Local Nature Partnership Manager E-mail: localnaturepartnershipoxfordshire@southandvale.gov.uk Telephone: 07511 046 747 Website: https://www.wildoxfordshire.org.uk/biodiversity/oxfordshire-nature-partnership/
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Members:
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Richard Benwell |
Chair |
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Dr Prue Addison |
Environmental NGO representative |
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Gillian Aitken |
Landowner representative |
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Camilla Burrow |
Environmental NGO representative |
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Tim Coates |
Landscape scale delivery representative |
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Michelle Leek |
DEFRA family of organisations |
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Professor David Macdonald CBE |
University representative |
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James Price |
Farming representative |
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Councillor David Rouane |
Local Authority member representative |
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Ian Boll |
Local Authority officer representative |
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Dr Rosie Rowe |
Health representative |
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Simon Smith |
National landscape body representative |
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Tom Curtis |
Business representative |
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In attendance: |
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Matt Whitney |
Local Nature Partnership Manager |
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Susan Harbour |
Strategic Partnerships Manager |
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Kevin Jacob |
Senior Democratic Services Officer |
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Chloe Edwards |
Local Nature Recovery Strategy Project Manager |
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AGENDA
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Apologies, conflicts of interest, Chair's announcements and welcome to guests
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10:00 |
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Notes of the previous meeting (Pages 4 - 13)
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10:05 |
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To consider the notes of the previous meeting held on 14 June 2023.
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Local Nature Recovery Strategy progress and ambitions (Verbal Report)
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10:10 |
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Oxfordshire’s new LNRS Project Manager will present an update on the progress and plans of the LNRS steering group. The Board is asked to welcome Chloe Edwards and provide key comments on progress, plans and ambitions.
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Oxfordshire's current affairs update (Verbal Report)
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10:30 |
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Members of the Board to update one another on key matters of importance relevant to the Local Nature Partnership arising since the previous meeting, including feedback from the Future Oxfordshire Partnership process.
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Oxfordshire Nature Fund (Pages 14 - 16)
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10:45 |
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LNP Manager presents a suggestion for an innovative financial facility to unblock barriers to leveraging private money for nature recovery.
The Board is asked to provide feedback on the concept, consider alternative approaches to addressing the problem, and suggest ways to capitalise such a fund.
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Spotlight on Biodiversity Net Gain (Pages 17 - 21)
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11:15 |
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This paper provides some key considerations about Biodiversity Net Gain in England. Crucially, it includes: · a set of principles we may wish to agree · an overview of our work with LPAs on ensuring a robust methodology for offsite option · a proposed communications flurry around requiring 20%
The Board is asked to endorse the principles, consider the work with the LPAs, and endorse our championing of a policy of 20% BNG.
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Local Wildlife Sites within the Context of the Local Nature Recovery Strategy (Pages 22 - 27)
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11:35 |
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This item provides an overview of the Local Wildlife Sites project and makes the case that it is important and worthy of expansion and increased security. Some proposals are made to achieve this.
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Oxfordshire Local Nature Partnership Manager Update (Pages 28 - 29)
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11:50 |
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The Oxfordshire Local Nature Partnership Manager to provide an update of important conversations and actions over the last three months that are not captured in other agenda business.
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Any other business
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11:55 |
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Dates of future meetings
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Suggested agenda timing |
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To note the dates of the next meeting as 13 December 2023.
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