Fears that new net gain metric will deliver worse outcomes for nature from quarries
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) believes that new requirements for biodiversity net gain, and application of the ‘Metric’, could lead to worse outcomes for nature than those delivered through the current minerals planning system. The minerals industry is uniquely placed to deliver positive outcomes for nature and has been doing so for over 50 years.
Today (7
th July) the latest Defra ‘Biodiversity Metric 3.0’ has been published, the formula to be used in the vast majority of planning applications to demonstrate delivery of a ‘biodiversity net gain’ of at least 10%.
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