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Government proposals would torpedo vital nature recovery scheme & biodiversity market, but new research shows a better solution for nature and development. (www.wcl.org.uk)

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Environmentalists and economists are urging the Government to abandon damaging proposals (currently under consultation) to exempt all small development sites (under 1 hectare) from crucial biodiversity requirements. The call comes as new research, BNG in Small Developments, highlights this would be a major setback for nature recovery and risks collapsing the emerging biodiversity credits market.[2] Instead, the research shows that by removing the very smallest sites (under 0.1ha) from the scheme altogether but ending loopholes for larger sites, a “win-win” could be achieved for nature and development.

New analysis by eftec, commissioned by The Lifescape Project and Wildlife and Countryside Link, shows the extent of current BNG rule misuse and the likely future impacts if the Government removes BNG requirements for all small sites.

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That pic is so frutiger aero