Claudia Trillo, University of Salford
Biodiversity is gaining increased popularity in the environmental planning debate and profession. The recently released Dasgupta Review strongly emphasised the importance of biodiversity for an healthy socio-economic growth, and recommended transformative and systemic change to tackle the global climate challenge. In the UK, Biodiversity Net Gain will soon become a mandatory requirement, thus calling for an approach to development and land management aimed at leaving the natural environment in a measurably better state than it was beforehand. How this could be reflected in the planning practice and projects? What practical examples can be shared…