Biodiversity net gain offers an exciting form of diversification in income channels for landowners, whilst contributing to nature’s recovery.
In order to find out more about the basics of biodiversity net gain read our blog here.
How Can BNG Benefit Landowners
When developers fail to meet biodiversity net gain targets at the development site itself, developers and landowners have the option to collaborate. This collaboration involves landowners undertaking enhancement actions on their own land to increase its biodiversity units. Developers may seek to purchase these biodiversity units to contribute towards their biodiversity net gain targets. As a result, the implementation of BNG has opened up a market where ‘biodiversity units’ can be bought and sold.
What To Do If You’re a Landowner and Want to Be Involved in BNG
Landowners wanting to benefit from BNG can begin to identifying potential net gain sites and undertaking BNG assessments in order to establish the baseline value of these. BNG can be utilised whether it be on a small piece of land or a multi-hectare site.
Why Start Assessing for BNG Now?
Due to the urgent nature of the climate crisis there is an added benefit for landowners who start habitat enhancement work to their sites now. Habitats enhanced/created in advance can potentially lead to more than doubling the biodiversity units available at site for sale. This can be done just within a few years. However, even if landowners are unable to begin enhancement works right away the first step is to establish the baseline biodiversity units of your land via a biodiversity net gain assessment.
How Can Acer Ecology Help Landowners with BNG?
Here at Acer Ecology we can help landowners by:
- calculating existing baseline biodiversity units at sites;
- advise on how to cost effectively increase biodiversity units at your site; and
- prepare long term management and monitoring plans for BNG.
Please contact us today to discuss your biodiversity net gain requirements.
