The Environment Act and the role of 'biodiversity net-gain'

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The biodiversity net-gain requirement is among the most important conservation policy initiatives of the last two decades, argues Environment Bank chairman and founder Professor David Hill CBE

The Environment Bill has finally been passed into law, thereby becoming the Environment Act. Several years in the making, the Act will provide the legal basis for a range of substantial initiatives...

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