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	<title>British Ecological Society &#187; National Planning Policy Framework</title>
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		<title>Planning for &#039;No Net Loss&#039; of Biodiversity</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/02/08/planning-for-no-net-loss-of-biodiversity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/02/08/planning-for-no-net-loss-of-biodiversity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity offsetting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defra]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A briefing note published by the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology this week (POSTnote 429) is critical of the quality of information, local authority decision-making, monitoring and research concerning the incorporation of biodiversity into planning decisions in England. Despite &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/02/08/planning-for-no-net-loss-of-biodiversity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Moving Forward with the NEWP &#8211; One Year On</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/07/18/moving-forward-with-the-newp-one-year-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/07/18/moving-forward-with-the-newp-one-year-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2948</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Secretary of State at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Caroline Spelman MP, announced yesterday that the Government would make £750,000 of extra funding available to create additional Nature Improvement Areas (NIAs). Those NIAs that were not successful &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/07/18/moving-forward-with-the-newp-one-year-on/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The first year of the Natural Environment White Paper: an evaluation by Wildlife and Countryside Link</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/07/16/the-first-year-of-the-natural-environment-white-paper-an-evaluation-by-wildlife-and-countryside-link/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/07/16/the-first-year-of-the-natural-environment-white-paper-an-evaluation-by-wildlife-and-countryside-link/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2932</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Natural Environment White Paper (The Natural Choice: securing the value of nature, NEWP) was published a year ago in June. The White Paper set out four ambitions to achieve a healthy natural environment to be the foundation of green &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/07/16/the-first-year-of-the-natural-environment-white-paper-an-evaluation-by-wildlife-and-countryside-link/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Planning for a Healthy Natural Environment</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/07/10/planning-for-a-healthy-natural-environment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/07/10/planning-for-a-healthy-natural-environment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[All Party Parliamentary Group on Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Infrastructure]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2916</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) when launched earlier this year was welcomed cautiously by environmental NGOs. The final content was widely acknowledged as an improvement on previous iterations, with guidance to local authorities clear that the pillars of sustainable &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/07/10/planning-for-a-healthy-natural-environment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Planning Guidance for England: Analysis by the IEEM</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/04/02/new-planning-guidance-for-england-analysis-by-the-ieem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/04/02/new-planning-guidance-for-england-analysis-by-the-ieem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Planning Policy Framework]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2655</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On 27 March, the UK Government published its final version of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), which sets out the Government&#8217;s planning policies for England and how they should be applied. The final NPPF is an improvement (for nature &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/04/02/new-planning-guidance-for-england-analysis-by-the-ieem/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Government to Publish National Planning Policy Framework</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/03/27/government-to-publish-national-planning-policy-framework/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/03/27/government-to-publish-national-planning-policy-framework/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2644</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Government will this afternoon publish the long-awaited National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), which will simplify over 1,000 pages of planning guidance into just 50 pages and set out a &#8216;presumption in favour of sustainable development&#8217; that will apply across &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/03/27/government-to-publish-national-planning-policy-framework/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental organisations react to the Chancellor&#8217;s 2012 Budget</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/03/22/environmental-organisations-react-to-the-chancellors-2012-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/03/22/environmental-organisations-react-to-the-chancellors-2012-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2636</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Chancellor George Osborne yesterday announced the UK’s new budget for 2012. With the Government’s election pledge to be ‘the greenest government ever’, environmental groups were anxious to see whether the proposed financial measures for the coming year would reflect &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/03/22/environmental-organisations-react-to-the-chancellors-2012-budget/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New England Biodiversity Strategy &#8211; What do you think?</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/08/19/new-england-biodiversity-strategy-what-do-you-think/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/08/19/new-england-biodiversity-strategy-what-do-you-think/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2020 Biodiversity Target]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2171</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Defra today published the Government&#8217;s new strategy for biodiversity, &#8216;Biodiversity 2020: A Strategy for England&#8217;s Wildife and Ecosystem Services&#8216;. The BES Policy Team has been reading through the document today but we&#8217;ve so far only managed to get through half &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/08/19/new-england-biodiversity-strategy-what-do-you-think/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>National Planning Policy Framework released</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/07/26/national-planning-policy-framework-released/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/07/26/national-planning-policy-framework-released/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2124</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On the 25th July 2011 the draft National Planning Policy Framework was published by Government. After the release of the Natural Environment White Paper in June this year conservation organisations have been highly anticipating the publication of the Framework, which &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/07/26/national-planning-policy-framework-released/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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