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National conversation needed on how to turbo-charge Nature recovery while building the homes the country needs

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Biodiversity Net Gain, Development, Environment Act, Environmental Improvement Plan, Green Infrastructure, Natural England, Nature-based solutions, Nutrient Neutrality
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England doesn’t have enough houses, and also doesn’t have enough Nature. If we are to succeed in meeting our national needs, we require more of both. For too long we’ve been told that the only way to build more homes …

Natural England’s Nutrient Mitigation Scheme expects to enable around 3,700 homes and help nature recovery in Dorset

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Nature-based solutions, Nutrient Neutrality
A view from the edge of pond looking across to the exiting stream that flows down a luscious valley with trees in the distance

In October last year we provided reassurance that Natural England will not only continue to deliver the Nutrient Mitigation Scheme but seek to accelerate and widen it. That hard work has brought us to our next major milestone – launching …

Assessing the health of the River Wye and its catchment

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Biodiversity, Farming, Landscapes, Protected sites and species, Science and evidence, Site of Special Scientific Interest, Special Protection Area, wildlife and farming
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By Emma Johnson, Area Manager - West Midlands Team The Wye Valley is an iconic landscape, hugely important for biodiversity due to the wide range of rare river wildlife, loved by people and important for farming. It’s because it’s so …

Natural England’s Nutrient Mitigation Scheme, devised to protect our waterways from pollution and enable home building, has now launched

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Biodiversity, Protected sites and species, Site of Special Scientific Interest
Site at Mordon where new wetlands likely to be created

By Mike Burke, Programme Director – Sustainable Development Nutrient pollution is an urgent problem for freshwater habitats and estuaries which provide a vital home to many species including wetland birds, fish, and insects. Increased levels of nutrients such as nitrogen …

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