Select committee: Environmental Audit Committee
Conclusion 41
First Report - Biodiversity in the UK: bloom or bust?
Published 30 Jun 2021
Paragraph 193
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
The Government has failed to define what it means by net environmental gain as set out in the 25 Year Environment Plan, as its ambition for future development. The 120 Biodiversity in the UK: bloom or bust? failure to move towards a system of net environmental gain risks undermining the government’s plans for a green recovery and allows developers to focus entirely on biodiversity, rather than treat the environment as a system. This could lead to severe habitat fragmentation.
From: Environmental Audit Committee, First Report - Biodiversity in the UK: bloom or bust? (HC 136), paragraph 193, 30 June 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 30 September 2021 (deadline 30 August 2021).