Sustainable Construction

As Biodiversity Net Gain becomes mandatory, Dr Robin McArthur of Joe’s Blooms discusses the impact of BNG and what it means for developers.

As Biodiversity Net Gain becomes mandatory in England, Dr Robin McArthur, chair of the Advisory Board for Joe’s Blooms, which specialises in creating digital tools to help with BNG compliance, talks about the impact BNG could have on the planet and what it means for developers. There’s mounting evidence the world may be experiencing a sixth mass extinction. The most recent Living Planet Index shows a 68% global decrease in the population of mammals, birds, reptiles, and fish between 1970 and 2016 – and the primary cause of this is biodiversity loss. Governments around the world are beginning to put in place measures that recognise and try to guard against this alarming collapse of biodiversity. In England, one of those measures that