Land use

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.

The Habitat Target: creating and restoring habitats across England

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image of colourful flowers in amongst moss

The Government is working towards meeting the legally binding biodiversity target to restore or create more than 500,000 hectares of wildlife-rich habitat by 2042 in England. Read this post to find out what action the Government is taking to achieve this target.

New Tree Planting Taskforce launched during National Tree Week

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A forest of beech trees.

A new Tree Planting Taskforce has been launched today to oversee the planting of millions of trees across the UK. In this post, the Environment blog team will highlight what this means, as well as some other ways we’re celebrating the week.