Draft Local Nature Recovery Strategy - Youth Survey

Closed 1 Aug 2025

Opened 9 May 2025

Contact

lnrs@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk

Results updated 18 Sep 2025

Dorset local nature recovery strategy consultation – survey results

Thank you to everyone who shared their thoughts in the youth survey for the Dorset Local Nature Recovery Strategy. We've listened carefully to your answers and added them to the main consultation survey results, which you can now check out below.

Here’s a quick snapshot of what you told us:

  • 66% agreement with the Shared Vision
  • 86% agreement with the Joint Mission
  • Over 90% agreement with Nature Recovery Priorities 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 & 12
  • Over 80% agreement with Nature Recovery Priorities 1, 5 & 8
  • 59% will use the strategy to find potential activities they can do to make space for nature, and 50% will see how their activities join up with others 

Your feedback also highlighted areas where we can improve the strategy or inform future delivery.

Here’s a snapshot of how we’re responding:

What you said

What we will do 

Strategy is long and maps are complex 

Share clearer summaries during the delivery phase to help different sectors engage

More ways for people to access nature and get involved in nature recovery

Work with partners to promote opportunities for nature connection and involvement during the delivery phase

Hedgerows should be a priority

Add a new priority for hedgerows to reflect strong local support

More species should be prioritised

Explain how all the priorities support a wide range of species and add water vole to the priority list

More activities to deliver the priorities

Include many of your suggested activities under each priority

More projects and land to add to the local habitat map

Add many of your proposals to the local habitat map

Strategy should have targets to measure progress and action plans for delivery

Encourage all sectors to include nature recovery in their own delivery plans and share ways to measure progress during the delivery phase

You can explore the full findings in the consultation analysis report, along with an additional report explaining how we are responding to the feedback, by clicking the links below.

Visit Nature Recovery Dorset for more information and the latest progress updates.

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Overview

Dorset is home to lots of plants and animals. But the number of animals and plants is getting smaller, and there are fewer places for wildlife to live.

Nature recovery is about fixing this and making more, better, bigger and joined up spaces for nature across the countryside, coast and towns.

So, we’ve been working with people across Dorset on a plan to help nature – called a local nature recovery strategy.

 

This survey has been created for young people to help shape this new plan for nature. There is a different survey for adults that is a bit longer, but young people can fill that one out too if you are really interested in nature and have more to tell us.

There is also a paper survey if you do not want to do it online. You can find this at all libraries in Dorset, in the 'Related' section at the bottom of the page where you can download it, emailing LNRS@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk, or calling 01305 221000 and they can send you a copy.

If you want to, you can find out more about nature recovery before you do the survey by exploring the links below:  

Please note, any data collected follows Dorset Council's privacy policy.

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