Agenda
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Oxfordshire Local Nature Partnership Board
Wednesday 12 June 2024 at 10.00 am Virtual via MS 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 James Price Matthew Stanton |
Business representative Farming representative Environmental NGO representative |
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In attendance: |
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Amber Lyford |
Assistant Democratic Services Officer |
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Becky Chesshyre |
Strategic Partnerships Communications Officer |
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Huw Thomas |
Local Nature Partnership Nature Finance Manager |
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Lizzie Moore |
Local Nature Partnership Nature & Health Manage |
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Matt Whitney |
Local Nature Partnership Manager |
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Susan Harbour Kevin Jacob Ben Taylor |
Strategic Partnerships Manager Senior Democratic Services Officer Trust for Oxfordshire’s Environment |
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AGENDA
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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 March 2024.
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3 |
Local Nature Partnership Manager update (Verbal Report)
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10:10 |
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The Local Nature Partnership Manager to provide an update to the board on activity since the last meeting, including national policy advocacy, regional partnership progression and more. Head of Healthy Place Shaping to provide a quick recap of a recent LNP event.
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Thames Valley Flood Scheme (Verbal Report)
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10:20 |
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The Environment Agency to provide an update on the Thames Valley Flood Scheme.
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Focus on Nature Finance work (Verbal Report)
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10:40 |
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The Local Nature Partnership Manager and the Nature Finance Manager to give a short update/overview of their work on nature finance, including progress on the Innovate UK project.
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Alignment with Trust of Oxfordshire's Environment (TOE) (Pages 10 - 11)
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10:50 |
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In order to achieve our vision, and to facilitate delivery of Local Nature Recovery Strategy, it is considered important to be able to influence nature finance. The Board is asked to consider the merits of forging closer alignment with Trust for Oxfordshire’s Environment to achieve these aims.
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Forum Event
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11:25 |
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The Board is asked to comment on the most appropriate timing and focus for a full partnership get together. Oxfordshire Local Nature Partnership Manager proposes basing it around Local Nature Recovery Strategy delivery, with focus on nature finance and community engagement.
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Activity tracker (Pages 12 - 14)
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11:35 |
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The Board is asked to approve and suggest amendments to the project tracker, which presents an overview of things which will have significant impact on nature recovery.
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Board admin
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11:45 |
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To agree to adopt the proposed register of interest (Pages 15 - 21)
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To agree to hybrid meeting preferences
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To nominate a Vice Chair
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Any other business
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11:55 |
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Date of future meetings
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12:00 |
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To note the dates of the next meetings: o 18 September 2024 o 11 December 2024
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