Stakeholder engagement for the development and implementation of National Restoration Plans

The European Union (EU) Nature Restoration Regulation (NRR) mandates each Member State (MS) to develop a draft National Restoration Plan (NRP) by September 2026, outlining how it will meet restoration targets. A critical component of this process is broad-based stakeholder engagement throughout all preparation phases.

Research conducted by four large Horizon 2020 Green Deal restoration projects across various European ecosystems offers guidance on how to activate stakeholder engagement for the successful delivery of NRR targets and provides concrete examples and tools to support this process (see links at the end of the document for resources covering.

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