Understanding biodiversity net gain
Publication Year
2023
Document Status
Withdrawn
Abstract
Explains what biodiversity net gain (BNG) is and how it affects land managers, developers and local planning authorities.
Document History
Superseded by 19 January 2024 update. Last updated: 14 December 2023 - Updated the definition of the biodiversity metric, added 'type' to the list of factors the biodiversity metric measures, and added a link to more information about the biodiversity gain hierarchy. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/understanding-biodiversity-net-gain 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: 21 February 2023.
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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