Integrate nature into decisions

Our Strategic Priority: Integrate the value of nature into decision-making.

We will: Seek opportunities to integrate the value of nature into decision-making by mainstreaming nature recovery into social and economic policy areas.

Our role in realising success:

• JNCC provides an enhanced evidence base that enables greater certainty for decision makers across the terrestrial, freshwater and marine policy landscapes.
• JNCC facilitates better communication across the science-industry-policy sectors to maximise the impact of efforts each sector is making to develop science-led and evidence-based policy and decision-making.
• JNCC synthesises and communicates complex information to external stakeholders, such as UK governments, country nature conservation bodies (CNCBs), non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the international community, to build a shared understanding of the risks from biodiversity loss and opportunities from nature recovery.
• JNCC shares information and experience across the four countries to promote application of consistent methods or standards across the four countries of the UK, help inform management actions and to facilitate information exchange on common goals and overcome shared challenges.
• JNCC provides evidence on the value nature can provide for achieving international trade, ODA spending, agriculture, climate implementation plans, security (including food, water, and energy security) targets both at home and abroad, emphasising the links between nature, economic prosperity and societal wellbeing.

What wider success looks like in 2030: Local and national governments in the UK, UKOTs and CDs, are embedding nature’s value in strategic decisions. Key national priorities (e.g. net zero, food security and energy security) are met without compromising the marine, freshwater and terrestrial environment. UK international commitments and policies, such as trade, ODA spending decisions, subsidies, climate plans (UNFCCC NDCs), and others, incorporate nature-positive messages and goals. Land managers integrate biodiversity into their land management decisions to ensure a sustainable food system; businesses integrate nature in their strategic investment and operational decisions; consumers are more aware of their choices; and chemicals are used sustainably across the UK.