Biodiversity Net Gain Conference

We will reflect on implementation of Biodiversity Net Gain from various different perspectives.

We will have panel sessions with habitat bank suppliers, responsible bodies and other key players in the market. We will also look at practical issues around implementation, insurance and tax.

Sessions include:

Biodiversity Net Gain & Implementation of the Policy

Reflecting on implementation of the policy so far and looking ahead to next steps

Biodiversity Net Gain implementation - a legal perspective

The ongoing challenges from a legal perspective, offer some possible solutions and touch on the wider opportunity for BNG to support other elements of nature restoration, covering challenges for both developers and habitat bank operators.

Biodiversity Net Gain - an ecologist's perspective

Considering some of the key challenges and opportunities that BNG presents, from the perspective of an ecologist.

Habitat bank suppliers

A panel session to discuss key challenges, opportunities and looking to the future/ improvements in practice, and will include an audience Q&A

Habitat bank markets

A panel session to discuss trends in the market so far, barriers and how they might be resolved; the future of the market; and quality assurance, and will include an audience Q&A.

Responsible bodies

A panel session looking at what responsible bodies have to offer, how conservation covenants differ from section 106 agreements, and how responsible bodies can help to unblock the pipeline of sites seeking to get secured and registered, and will include an audience Q&A

Best practice leaders

A panel session looking at best practice and how it can be implemented at the development level / habitat bank level; the role of a Code of Practice in ensuring a consistency whilst leaving room for best practice providers. The session will include an audience Q&A.

Practical Issues

A panel session focussing on practical issues in implementation and offering some thoughts on possible solutions, and will include an audience Q&A.

Biodiversity Net Gain: The role of insurance and the current market

Tax in the context of Biodiversity Net Gain

Biodiversity Net Gain: Lessons for NSIPs