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Review of HS2 Ltd鈥檚 'no net loss in biodiversity' metric: DfT response

DfT responds to Natural England鈥檚 recommendation on compensation for ancient woodland losses through the construction of HS2.

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Department for Transport
Published
9 November 2016
This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

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DFT response to Natural England鈥檚 review of HS2 Ltd鈥檚 鈥榥o net loss in biodiversity鈥� metric: ancient woodland recommendations

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Natural England published a review of HS2 Ltd鈥檚 鈥榥o net loss in biodiversity鈥� metric. This metric measures HS2 Ltd鈥檚 progress towards achieving their ambition of no net loss in biodiversity for Phase One of HS2.

Natural England made a specific recommendation on how losses of ancient woodland are compensated for, and this statement outlines the Department for Transport鈥檚 response to this recommendation.

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Published 9 November 2016

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