Ulster Farmers’ Union deputy president Glenn Cuddy said his organisation was “still a bit skeptical” about the strategy.
“There’s always a concern that nature will be more thought of than the farming and farmers have been walking along with nature for a long time, even before some of these projects have started,” he said.
“We have always been the guardians of the countryside and for nature too.”
Heather McLachlan, the National Trust’s Northern Ireland director, said: “What really needs to happen is that we need to see where are the priorities.
“How do we get this action going, who’s going to do it and most importantly where’s the money going to come from to get it done?”
Joanne Sherwood, the director of The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Ireland said: “Species are really in decline so what it means for us is this charts out the strategy and the way forward.
“But of course a strategy isn’t everything – we need now to act and take urgent action.”