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Improving environmental outcomes in Protected Landscapes

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Community, Environmental Improvement Plan, Nature, Peat, Protected Landscapes
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In this post, Catherine Brabner-Evans gives an introduction to Protected Landscapes, as well as an insight into the action Defra is taking to meet targets within these landscapes to halt and reverse the decline in nature. 

Creating a Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan for Biodiversity Net Gain

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Biodiversity net gain, Land use

Habitat management and monitoring are integral to effective biodiversity net gain (BNG) implementation. This blog may be helpful if you’re a: land manager planning on (or already delivering) off-site BNG, developer planning on delivering significant on-site BNG, responsible body or local authority reviewing gain plans or overseeing obligations and agreements or advisor supporting any of these groups 

Natural England’s habitat management and monitoring plan templates - Guest Natural England Blog (Mike Burke, Head of Sustainable Development)

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Mike Burke, Head of Sustainable Development, Natural England, writes about two new templates developed by Natural England specifically for use with biodiversity net gain (BNG).

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