BS 8683:2021 PDF

What is BS 8683 - Process for designing and implementing Biodiversity Net Gain about? Biodiversity (biological diversity) provides humanity with essential amenities such as carbon storage, clean air, and food, plus it contributes to our wellbeing. There’s an urgent need to reverse the current rate of loss of biodiversity. BS 8683 is a new British Standard that sets out a process for implementing biodiversity net gain (BNG), which is an approach to development and land management that leaves biodiversity in a measurably better state than before. Who is BS 8683 -  Process for designing and implementing Biodiversity Net Gain  for? BS 8683 is aimed at any class or scale of built environment development or land/estate management, users will be:

Design and pre-construction professionals Sub-contractors and clients Procurement and contract specialists Project managers Project ecologists Local authority planners Quality managers EIA coordinators, environment and sustainability managers, landscape architects