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Infrastructure has the potential to enhance biodiversity Digital Edition: Infrastructure has the potential to enhance biodiversity To halt and reverse biodiversity decline we need a fresh new partnership between nature conservation and infrastructure. You have read 1 of 1 free-access articles allowed for 30 - days. For further access please register or Exclusive interviews and commentary from leading industry players Special reports on key events Access to NCE’s ‘The Future o...

Swanscombe Peninsula gets national recognition as an SSSI Site is designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for nationally important invertebrates, breeding birds, plants and geology. From: Chalk carpet moth - picture: Stuart Reed A valuable green space in the shadow of the M25, abundant in wildlife and with huge benefits for people, has today been designated a SSSI in recognition of its national importance for rare wildlife. The 250 hectare site, alongside the Thames Estuary, forms a corridor of habitats connecting Ebbsfleet Valley with the southern shore of the River...

THE North York Moors National Park Authority is asking people to ‘be bold’, as it opens up the opportunity for members of the public to share…

HS2 to create 127-hectare biodiversity hotspot to assist carbon reduction efforts The HS2 project team has announced plans to create more than 120 hectares of new carbon-sequestering grassland, woodland and wetland habitats that will reuse soil and chalk from tunnel excavations. The Colne Valley Western Slopes project will consist of 127 hectares of new chalk grassland, woodland, wood pasture and wetland habitats Last February, Boris Johnson approved the HS2 project, aimed at radically reducing journey times between London and the north of England. The decision has angered MPs, especially tho...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The 2015 United Nations climate change summit in Paris (COP21) saw the first ever agreement under which virtually every country, including the UK, pledged to constrain their greenhouse gas emissions, with the aim of keeping average temperature increases well below 2˚C above pre-industrial levels. Globally, there has been an increasing recognition by central banks and financial services regulators of the potential impact of climate change on financial services markets and the important role...