The Ecological Emergency Workstream provides strategic but practical guidance to support organisations and communities in County Durham to reverse the decline in our biodiversity and restore habitats and species across the county.
Members of the Ecological Emergency Workstream include representatives from:
- Durham County Council
- Durham Heritage Coast
- Durham Wildlife Trust
- Environment Agency
- Environmental Records Information Centre for the North East of England
- Forestry Commission
- Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
- National Trust
- Natural England
- North Pennines AONB Partnership
- Northumbrian Water Ltd
- Tees Rivers Trust
- Wear Rivers Trust
- Woodland Trust
Local Nature Recovery Strategy
The Ecological Emergency Workstream’s current priority is to develop a Local Nature Recovery Strategy for County Durham to help address the country’s ecological emergency as highlighted in the Government’s Environment Bill.