The Improvement Programme for England’s Natura 2000 sites (IPENS), supported by European Union LIFE+ funding, is a new strategic approach to managing England’s Natura 2000 sites. It is enabling Natural England, the Environment Agency, and other key partners to plan what, how, where and when they will target their efforts on Natura 2000 sites and areas surrounding them.
The IPENS programme finished at the end of June 2015. The purpose of this AfterLIFE Implementation Plan is to set out how conservation activities are planned to continue and to develop after the end of the IPENS Programme, and how the outcomes will be assured in the longer-term management of the Natura 2000 series.