Agenda
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Oxfordshire Local Nature Partnership Board
Wednesday 13 March 2024 at 10.00 am Hybrid - Diamond Room, Cornerstone Arts Centre, 25 Station Rd, Didcot OX11 7NE and Microsoft Teams
Contact: Matt Whitney, Local Nature Partnership Manager E-mail: localnaturepartnershipoxfordshire@southandvale.gov.uk Telephone: 07511 046 747 Website: https://www.olnp.org.uk/
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Members:
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Richard Benwell |
Chair |
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Professor Jeremy Biggs |
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 |
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In attendance: |
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Matt Whitney |
Local Nature Partnership Manager |
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Becky Chesshyre |
Strategic Partnerships Communications Officer |
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Susan Harbour |
Strategic Partnerships Manager |
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Kevin Jacob |
Senior Democratic Services Officer |
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AGENDA
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1 |
Apologies, conflicts of interest and Chair's announcements
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10:00 |
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Notes of the previous meeting (Pages 4 - 9)
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10:05 |
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To consider the notes of the previous meeting held on 13 December 2023.
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3 |
Oxfordshire Local Nature Partnership Manager Update (Verbal Report)
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10:10 |
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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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Oxfordshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy progress (Verbal Report)
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10:20 |
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Chloe from Oxfordshire County Council to provide a progress update on the development of the Oxfordshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Board members are asked to consider the role their organisation can play in supporting the production and delivery of the strategy, and what the Board as a whole can do to prepare for delivery.
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People's Assembly (Verbal Report)
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10:40 |
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How do we ensure our nature recovery ambitions take into account the will of the people? Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery present their idea for engaging with a representative cross-section of society. The Board is asked to endorse this approach.
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Health and Nature update (Pages 10 - 13)
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11:05 |
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OLNP Nature and Health Manager to provide a progress update on the health and nature workstream, including plans for a joint event looking to engage seldom heard voices in the nature recovery conversation. The Board is asked to endorse this approach.
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Operationalising the Nature Finance Strategy (Verbal Report)
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11:20 |
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OLNP Nature Finance Manager to present progress on the nature finance work. The Board is asked to provide feedback on progress to date, and the concept of grouping projects thematically.
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Board membership (Verbal Report)
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11:35 |
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Due to Dr Prue Addison’s departure for maternity leave, changes to the membership of the Board are proposed. The Board is asked to consider and approve these changes.
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Oxfordshire's current affairs updates (Verbal Report)
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11:45 |
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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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Any other business
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11:55 |
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Dates of future meetings
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12:00 |
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To note the date of future meetings:
· 12 June 2024 · 18 September 2024 · 11 December 2024
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