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		<title>Defra Consults on New Indicators to Measure UK’s Progress on Sustainable Development</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/07/25/defra-consults-on-new-indicators-to-measure-uks-progress-on-sustainable-development/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman has launched a new consultation to gather responses to a set of proposed Sustainable Development Indicators designed to help measure the UK’s progress towards economic, social and environmental sustainability. “These new indicators will help us take &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/07/25/defra-consults-on-new-indicators-to-measure-uks-progress-on-sustainable-development/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Government make U-turn on the sale of the Public Forest Estate</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday 17th February 2011 it was announced that the consultation into the future ownership and management of England’s Public Forest Estate will be halted, and that and all forestry clauses in the Public Bodies Bill will be scrapped. In &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/02/18/government-make-u-turn-on-the-sale-of-the-public-forest-estate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Selling England’s forests: A cut too far?</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/02/01/selling-englands-forests-a-cut-too-far/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At present, England’s forests are managed by the Forestry Commission on behalf of the Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs. Ministers however, are now proposing to reform ownership and management of the estate by selling off large &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/02/01/selling-englands-forests-a-cut-too-far/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Biodiversity offsetting: making nature economically visible</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/01/25/biodiversity-offsetting-making-nature-economically-visible/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/01/25/biodiversity-offsetting-making-nature-economically-visible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Biodiversity offsetting is a method intended to help compensate for the detrimental impacts of development on biodiversity. Such an approach is designed to work by creating a credit based market that developers could use to offset actions deemed harmful to &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/01/25/biodiversity-offsetting-making-nature-economically-visible/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Defra consultation on Biodiversity Offsetting in England</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2010/12/06/defra-consultation-on-biodiversity-offsetting-in-england/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today Defra launched a further consultation to help shape the natural environment. As part of the Defra Business Plan, the department have committed to assessing the scope for actions to offset the impacts of development on biodiversity in England. They &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2010/12/06/defra-consultation-on-biodiversity-offsetting-in-england/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>BES responds to Defra&#8217;s &#8216;Invitation to shape the nature of England&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2010/10/29/bes-responds-to-defras-invitation-to-shape-the-nature-of-england/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Policy Team has today submitted its response to Defra&#8217;s consultation on the forthcoming White Paper on the Natural Environment. The Department&#8217;s discussion document published earlier this summer, asked a series of questions about the current system of nature protection &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2010/10/29/bes-responds-to-defras-invitation-to-shape-the-nature-of-england/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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