Biodiversity Net Gain April 2026 reform small sites brownfield exemptions
The UK government’s Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) regime has just undergone its most significant shake-up since mandatory requirements came into force in 2024. On 20 April 2026, Defra published a landmark policy update confirming sweeping changes to the Biodiversity Net Gain April 2026 reform small sites brownfield exemptions framework — changes that will remove BNG […]
African Forest Carbon Reversal: Survey Protocols for Ecologists Assessing BNG Impacts Post-2010 Emissions Shift
Africa's forests lost approximately 106 billion kilograms of forest biomass every single year between 2010 and 2017 — a figure equivalent to the combined weight of 106 million cars disappearing from the landscape annually [1]. This staggering statistic signals more than an ecological crisis. It marks a fundamental shift in how ecologists, conservation planners, and […]
