Calculate biodiversity by using the biodiversity metric
Publication Year
2023
Document Status
Withdrawn
Abstract
Details how to measure the impact of a habitat or development on biodiversity by using the biodiversity metric.
Document History
Superseded by 15 December 2023 update. Last updated: 29 November 2023 - Updated with more detail throughout, ahead of biodiversity net gain (BNG) becoming mandatory. This includes details on what the biodiversity metric is, who should use the biodiversity metric tool and why, information to gather before using the tool, which version of the tool to use, and more information on using the tool.. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/biodiversity-metric-calculate-the-biodiversity-net-gain-of-a-project-or-development and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance (draft). First published: 7 July 2021.
Publisher Information
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a UK Government department. They are committed to tackling climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and work to secure a healthy, resilient, productive and diverse natural environment. This work has formerly been carried out by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Department of the Environment.
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