Biodiversity 3.0: Natural England unveils new metric to help deliver biodiversity net gain

James Murray
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New tools aim to make it easier for developers to deliver overall improvements in biodiversity to compensate for their direct impacts on nature

The government's controversial planning reforms may be under fire from both environmental campaigners and Conservative backbenchers alike, but that has not stopped it today moving to bolster plans to ensure...

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