Biodiversity net gain

Share your views on biodiversity net gain, plus more funding for local planning authorities

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Planted sapling in front of housing development.

There are two live public consultations on biodiversity net gain: one on nationally significant infrastructure projects, and one on how we can help smaller developers to deliver the policy. Find out how to share your views.

New actions to support seabirds, wildlife and Net Zero

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Photo of Atlantic puffin

Today, one year exactly since the publication of the Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP), we are taking further actions to halt and reverse the decline of nature in our country. Firstly, to protect an important forage fish for a range of …

The Statutory Biodiversity Metric: what it means for biodiversity net gain and biodiversity measurement

This guest blog from Mike Burke, Natural England's Programme Director for Sustainable Development, talks through the development of the metric and what it means for BNG, alongside the implications for biodiversity measurement globally.