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Policy could drive over £12bn in net value over the next decade if the government meets its house-building targets - but scrapping the scheme for small sites threatens protection of a habitat eight times the size of Manchester
The UK's flagship Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) could protect almost 20,000 hectares of land each year in its current form, resulting in more than 97,000 hectares being protected or restored if the government...
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