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Natural Capital Committee advice to government on net environmental gain

Natural Capital Committee (NCC) advice and recommendations on net environmental gain.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 14 May 2019
• Last updated: 10 September 2019 — See all updates

Documents

Natural Capital Committee’s response to Defra’s net environmental gain commission (September 2019)

PDF, 186 KB, 11 pages

Natural Capital Committee advice to government on net environmental gain (May 2019)

PDF, 137 KB, 7 pages

Details

The advice paper sets out the NCC’s advice to government on net environmental gain. It considers recent commitments to mandate net biodiversity gain and the broad goals of the 25 Year Environment Plan.

The response paper builds on the previous advice and it answers questions commissioned by Defra on broad principles, metrics and delivery of net environmental gain. The paper also addresses questions related to marine net environmental gain.

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Published 14 May 2019
Last updated 10 September 2019 + show all updates

1. 10 September 2019

   Added the Natural Capital Committee’s response to Defra’s commission report.

2. 14 May 2019

   First published.