Opportunities for Implementing Biodiversity Net Gain in Scotland by Annie Robinson

Opportunities for Implementing Biodiversity Net Gain in Scotland by Annie Robinson https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT By BES Scottish Policy Group and CIEEM en-us 2020-08-25 13:37:40 UTC 2025-09-27 11:34:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/728328436 To ensure that the best outcome is obtained: LAs should cost the management required and business will need to fund it.]]> 2020-09-08 17:23:25 UTC https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/728328436 Strategic locations for offsetting where this will be necessary for some developments. https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/728361473 2020-09-08 17:29:12 UTC https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/728361473 https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/728363191 Need to make sure sites are resilient to cope with climate change, pest/pathogens, other drivers of change. More diversity generally helps increase resilience

]]> 2020-09-08 17:29:31 UTC https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/728363191 https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/728366959 Always nervous when I hear the term win/win. Makes me wonder if all the stakeholders have been included in the assessment.]]> 2020-09-08 17:30:13 UTC https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/728366959 Is this where the regional land use partnerships may play a role annierobinson https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/728388566 2020-09-08 17:34:12 UTC https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/728388566 Need to put biodiversity first https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/728406540 2020-09-08 17:37:34 UTC https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/728406540 Swift nest boxes https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/728415655 my role is to put swift nest boxes on buildings and developments. swift nest boxes are a perfect and simple example of improving biodiversity in development! Please get in touch if this might be relevant to you or any urban developments you might be part of/linked to :) happy to talk more!

Katie.oneill@rspb.org.uk

I’ll be looking into the ecosystem service value of these nest boxes as well as training people to remind developments to support the Edinburgh Council guidelines to put in swift nest boxes – it’s not yet mandatory.

]]> 2020-09-08 17:39:16 UTC https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/728415655 https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/728433294 People should be involved and participate in the decision process so that they can be aware of the great benefits they are getting with net gain (reduced flooding risk, lower water management cost due to improved water quality). You do not want locals to think that creating ponds or wetlands is only to beautify their neighborhood!]]> 2020-09-08 17:42:25 UTC https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/728433294 https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/728498123 It is important to prevent that difficult or deprived areas become a "far west" where development is unlimited and net gain/offsetting takes place elsewhere and residents are left with an increasingly impoverished, ugly and unhealthy
suburb.]]> 2020-09-08 17:54:00 UTC https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/728498123 https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/728502541 Consideration needs to be taken into potential for 'green gentrification' where net gains in local biodiversity make somewhere more desirable to live, pricing existing communities out]]> 2020-09-08 17:54:47 UTC https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/728502541 https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/728599028 Need adaptive management built in]]> 2020-09-08 18:12:00 UTC https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/728599028 https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/728600885 Need strategic approach, that considers connectivity and changing distribution ranges]]> 2020-09-08 18:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/728600885 Ultimately developers should be responsible. If offsetting is done strategically then management and monitoring costs could be reduced. https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/728805894 2020-09-08 18:53:41 UTC https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/728805894 Commercial forestry is having some of the .biggest impacts on biodiversity in Scotland - need a mechanism for applying BNG to forestry. There's no policy equivalent at the moment whereas some LAs have some form of BNG policy https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/728813967 2020-09-08 18:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/728813967 Comparability across sites and in networks of sites (greenspace, GI, etc.) is important - BNG metrics will be a critical tool not just to help secure positive benefits for biodiversity, but in monitoring how Scotland performs against the Sustainable Development Goal on biodiversity/nature. Adopting BNG within NPF4 is therefore critical to achieving the biodiversity outcome under the 2019 Planning Act and under the National Performance Framework that is aligned to SDGs https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/758210970 2020-09-18 10:12:43 UTC https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/758210970 There needs to be resourcing to support LA's to implement BNG - concern that management measures won't be secured or properly monitored unless there are resources to check on delivery. https://padlet.com/annierobinson/CIEEM_BES_EVENT/wish/772506836

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