Faye Durkin MCIEEM AIEMA, Head of Ecology at Ecus Ltd, introduces the concept of valuing biodiversity and methods for measuring biodiversity.    She gives developers an understanding of their current duty in respect of biodiversity net gain (BNG) and summarises the imminent changes that will be brought about by the Environment Bill in respect of the requirement to deliver 10% BNG. She also reviews how the mitigation hierarchy of avoid, mitigate and compensate can be applied to BNG and provides an insight into offsite biodiversity value compensation options.

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