Oxfordshire’s greenspace-deprived neighbourhoodsLead author: Martha Crockatt Contributors: Matt Witney (Oxfordshire Local Nature Partnership), Alison Smith (University of Oxford), Rosie Rowe (Oxfordshire County Council), Mark Hirons (University of Oxford), Constance McDermott (University of Oxford), ... Read more
Parish Nature Recovery Survey ReportExecutive summary Oxfordshire Treescape Project have been delivering Treescape Opportunity Reports to parish groups since October 2021. Since then the range of resources offered and our ways of working have developed. ... Read more
The potential contribution of revenue from Biodiversity Net Gain offsets towards nature recovery ambitions in OxfordshireThere is a major funding gap for delivering the UK’s nature recovery ambitions, including meeting the national and international ‘30×30’ target (30% of land protected and managed for nature by ... Read more
Best Practices for Monitoring BiodiversityThis workshop report summarises the fifth HERO workshop, on the 24th of March 2022, which focused on monitoring and evaluating biodiversity restoration. It was attended by 34 participants (15 in-person ... Read more
Urban grassland and verge guidelinesWhy do we need to change the way we manage urban grass? Although uniformly short grass used to be seen as a sign of good management, people now are becoming more ... Read more
Mapping Ongoing Nature Restoration Activities in OxfordshireHERO workshops 2 and 3 in late 2021 identified a need to collect data on where existing nature recovery activities are already taking place in Oxfordshire, so that we know ... Read more
Urban Meadow and Verge Guidelines PosterThis is the poster arising from the 6th HERO workshop. Held in May 2022, and led by Alison smith and Cecilia Dahlsjö, the purpose of the workshop was to consider ... Read more
Urban grassland managementThis is the report arising from the 6th HERO workshop. Held in May 2022, and led by Alison smith and Cecilia Dahlsjö, the purpose of the workshop was to consider ... Read more
Connectivity modelling for a species-driven nature recovery network in OxfordshireThe development of England’s new Nature Recovery Network has been piloted in several counties in the country, but few has systematically mapped connectivity based on species dispersal. This study proposes and ... Read more