Nature Recovery and the Historic Environment

Human activity has shaped our nature and landscapes for millennia. 

From woodlands to the sea, and chalk grassland to river valleys, each landscape and habitat has been influenced and shaped by human activity. 

Our historic environment underpins the natural beauty and diversity of our landscapes, it inspires and engages people and helps us understand how our most precious natural sites have developed. 

Natural England’s ‘Nature Recovery and the Historic Environment’ sets out the what, how and why or integrating heritage into nature recovery – protecting our past for a sustainable future.