Congratulations on the first anniversary of 'Urban Nature Diary'! I'm very impressed that you've managed to post pretty much every week for a year. It's always good to have more legislation to support the environment but I share some of Rachel's concerns about how well BNG may work in practice. One of the big issues will be ensuring the quality of what's delivered as well as quantity and ensuring it continues that way in future too. But as long as BNG is not used to justify development that shouldn't be happening anyway then it should hopefully be an improvement on what's happened in the past.
A great post and nice to be reminded of the good news! It will be interesting to see how BNG works out but I worry about local authority funding, capacity and capability. And also about the credits scheme, given how dubious a lot of carbon credit schemes seem to be. However, that said, it’s good to celebrate the positives too!
Congratulations on the first anniversary of 'Urban Nature Diary'! I'm very impressed that you've managed to post pretty much every week for a year. It's always good to have more legislation to support the environment but I share some of Rachel's concerns about how well BNG may work in practice. One of the big issues will be ensuring the quality of what's delivered as well as quantity and ensuring it continues that way in future too. But as long as BNG is not used to justify development that shouldn't be happening anyway then it should hopefully be an improvement on what's happened in the past.
Thank you very much! You’re absolutely right, the practicalities remain to be seen. It’s definitely better than nothing
A great post and nice to be reminded of the good news! It will be interesting to see how BNG works out but I worry about local authority funding, capacity and capability. And also about the credits scheme, given how dubious a lot of carbon credit schemes seem to be. However, that said, it’s good to celebrate the positives too!
Thank you I’m glad you liked it - and definitely, it will live or die based on how it’s enforced