In partnership with Durham County Council, OASES visited 36 schools (Primary and Secondary) across County Durham, who took part in this exciting project where students were able to learn more about their local nature and were given an opportunity to inform the Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS).
England is widely considered to be one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world with a 19% decline in species since the 1970s. Local nature recovery strategies will help people to see where action to recover nature in their area would be most effective and help us protect nature for future generations to enjoy.
Through a series of hands-on activities, students involved were able to discover more about the wildlife and plant life in their area and help provide answers to what they would like to see protected and created in the new strategy. All the information and data collected from these sessions were then fed into the Local Nature Recovery Strategy which will be published later this year.
Students also discussed what they could do to help nature now on an individual basis, including planting trees, going on litter picks and caring for wildlife through the creation of new habitats.
