Making Space For Nature
We Need to Think Bigger
For years, we’ve focused on protecting our best wild places - nature reserves, ancient woodlands and special sites. This work matters, but it hasn't stopped the loss of nature and it's not going to be enough to bring nature back into everyone’s life.
Wildlife can't survive in small, isolated patches. It needs connected landscapes where animals can move freely, ecosystems can function properly and nature has room to recover.
In 2010, Sir John Lawton's ground-breaking report, "Making Space for Nature", showed us what we need: Better, Bigger, More, and Joined Up spaces for nature.
Making Space for Nature programme is part of our response at DWT, alongside our landscape scale programmes. We're using new funding mechanisms to create new spaces for nature, helping to create connected landscapes.
For years, we’ve focused on protecting our best wild places - nature reserves, ancient woodlands and special sites. This work matters, but it hasn't stopped the loss of nature and it's not going to be enough to bring nature back into everyone’s life.
Wildlife can't survive in small, isolated patches. It needs connected landscapes where animals can move freely, ecosystems can function properly and nature has room to recover.
In 2010, Sir John Lawton's ground-breaking report, "Making Space for Nature", showed us what we need: Better, Bigger, More, and Joined Up spaces for nature.
Making Space for Nature programme is part of our response at DWT, alongside our landscape scale programmes. We're using new funding mechanisms to create new spaces for nature, helping to create connected landscapes.