Biodiversity Net Gain given a 'fail'
A review of "Biodiversity Net Gain" reveals it is "unlikely to improve biodiversity in an ecologically meaningful sense": leads to decrease in total natural areas, low value habitat creation & lack of connectivity, no monitoring or enforcement... https://www.wcl.org.uk or see the full article from the British Ecological Society Mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain may not deliver the desired outcomes for nature 16 December 2020 By BES Press Office England’s proposed mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain requirement for new developments might not deliver on promises to increase biodiversity , according to research being presented at British Ecological Society’s Festival of Ecology. A research t eam at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, analysed ecological changes occurring under Bi...