Local Nature Partnerships (LNPs) are partnerships of a broad range of influential organisations, businesses and people, and from a range of sectors, charged by government with the task of bring about improvements in their local natural environment in England. To achieve this they are expected to ensure that consideration for the environment is put right at the heart of local decision-making. The overall purpose of an LNP is to: As of August 2014 there were 48 LNPs in England which had received formal approval from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs