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Explains key issues in implementing policy to protect and enhance the natural environment, including local requirements.
As a public authority, understand what the biodiversity duty is and how to comply with it.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Paragraphs 180 to 194
To provide ecosystem condition data that complements the annual UK ecosystem services monetary publication. Provides a more holistic picture of the natural capital in the UK and the benefits nature provides to society.
Standard rules for channel habitat structures made of natural materials occupying up to 100 metres of a main river.
Devon’s Pebblebed Heaths National Nature Reserve to extended by nearly 90 hectares, the equivalent of 128 football pitches, to encompass a unique wetland
Find out about priority habitats and species, the value of ancient and native woodland and when it's appropriate to remove trees to restore open habitats.
How to apply for a grant for habitat creation using blended public and private funding.
Cumbria’s globally rare temperate rainforest to be enhanced and celebrated
In a world first, developers in England are now required to deliver 10% Biodiversity Net Gain when building new housing, industrial or commercial developments.
Competent authorities must help to protect wild bird habitats on land and at sea, and avoid pollution to protect wild bird populations.
This paper focuses on the implications of treating the natural environment as an internal element, of the concepts of wellbeing and poverty
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