{"id":4844,"date":"2022-08-16T13:56:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T13:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsulapartnership.org.uk\/?p=4844"},"modified":"2022-08-16T13:57:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T13:57:10","slug":"marine-net-gain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsulapartnership.org.uk\/marine-net-gain\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine Net Gain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2018, the UK government consulted on making biodiversity net gain (BNG) mandatory for new development on land, and respondents suggested that net gain principles should be extended to marine developments.<\/p>\n<p>A consultation on Marine Net Gain is being held in August 2022. The consultation runs until the end of August, but the consultation document contains a clear definition of Marine Net Gain that outlives the consultation and is worth reading.<\/p>\n<p>Follow this link to read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/consult.defra.gov.uk\/defra-net-gain-consultation-team\/consultation-on-the-principles-of-marine-net-gain\/supporting_documents\/Consultation%20on%20the%20Principles%20of%20Marine%20Net%20Gain.pdf\">Marine Net Gain<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The aims of Marine Net Gain are to:<br \/>\n\u2022 secure positive outcomes for the environment by contributing to halting and<br \/>\nreversing the longer-term trend of biodiversity decline through the restoration and<br \/>\ncreation of healthy and high-quality marine and coastal habitats, and protection of<br \/>\nspecies<br \/>\n\u2022 deliver lasting improvements, contributing to ocean recovery, and supporting efforts<br \/>\nin climate change mitigation, resilience, and adaptation<br \/>\n\u2022 enable the responsible and sustainable growth of marine industries and<br \/>\ndevelopment activities, recognising their essential contribution to meeting the UK<br \/>\ngovernment\u2019s climate change commitments, whilst ensuring the protection of our<br \/>\nmarine environment<br \/>\n9 of 34<br \/>\n\u2022 define strategic objectives and goals, increasing the potential for relatively small<br \/>\ninterventions to make a more significant collective contribution to improvements in<br \/>\nthe overall status of the marine environment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2018, the UK government consulted on making biodiversity net gain (BNG) mandatory for new development on land, and respondents suggested that net gain principles should be extended to marine developments. A consultation on Marine Net Gain is being held in August 2022. The consultation runs until the end of August, but the consultation document [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsulapartnership.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4844"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsulapartnership.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsulapartnership.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulapartnership.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulapartnership.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4844"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulapartnership.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4846,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulapartnership.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4844\/revisions\/4846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsulapartnership.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulapartnership.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulapartnership.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}