State of Nature reporting

To track progress toward our ‘doubling nature’ goal, we’ll start by measuring land managed for nature and work with partners to assess gains from a baseline—eventually tracking species recovery too.

We’re at the beginning of this journey. Over the next 5–10 years, we’ll refine our methods and develop metrics to build a strong evidence base.

Our annual ‘Actions for Nature Report’ marks the first step, highlighting what is already being achieved by our partners now. And our Local Nature Recovery Strategy, once adopted, will further guide biodiversity efforts across Cambridgeshire.

Long-term, we aim to produce our own local version of the UK State of Nature report, which is led nationally by the RSPB.

This is just the start. We’ll share progress, insights, and successes along the way. In taking this approach, we aim to support meeting the challenge of restoring nature together.

You can read our latest Actions for Nature Report here .

Only ~8% of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is high-value natural habitat – among the lowest in England

The UK lost over 93% of its lowland meadows between the 1930s and 1980s, with local losses estimated at 98–99%

Cambridgeshire holds significant numbers of Elm species, including five which aren’t found anywhere else in the world