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What you need to know
The information here will provide details of what we are looking for in a NIA project and everything you require to help with your Stage 2 Business Plan.
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in the application process (PDF)
NIA grant documents that need to be considered are set out below:
NIA Partnership Memorandum of Agreement: (62kb)
guide document
4th November workshop information
The development of the second stage business plan is the next step in the process of establishing the first twelve Nature Improvement Areas (NIAs) in England.
The recent workshop provided information to help applicants develop their Business Plans and to look at ways to ensure future sustainability.
The workshop presentations and a map of the 20 shortlisted NIA locations are now available:
Workshop notes: Monitoring and evaluation break-out groups: (201kb)
Map showing locations of the 20 second stage applicants: (2.67mb)
Keep up to date with all the current information about the NIA programme on the Latest news page.
Further information
You may find the following resources useful:
- Benefits of Green Infrastructure
- Biodiversity Action Reporting System
- Biodiversity Offset
- Chiswick Business-park high quality working environment project
- EU Landscape Convention
- Ecosystem Sensitivity and Responses to Change
- England Biodiversity Strategy (EBS)
- Green Infrastructure Strategies
- Higher Level Stewardship
- Landscapes of the Future
- Local green infrastructure strategies
- Local Nature Partnership
- Making Space for Nature
- National Biodiversity Network
- National Character Areas
- National Ecosystem Assessment
- Natural Environment White Paper (NEWP)
- Newlands Green Space transforming old brownfield sites
- River Basin Management Plans
- Shoreline Management Plans
- Think Big
- UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UKBAP)
- UK Geodiversity Action Plan
- Water Framework Directive
- Wirral Waters Regeneration Project
