{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6177c48df62eb80013741032/69e8b587c8a506316ddc7f3c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Nature by numbers: Net gain shake-up as green watchdog sets sights on new leader","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6177c48df62eb80013741032/1776863119741-cced9eff-41b5-406b-9fd8-89ddeadf4670.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The government has confirmed potentially far-reaching changes to England’s biodiversity net gain (BNG) policy.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>These include exemptions for development sites 0.2 hectare in size, targeted exemptions for residential brownfield development, and a delay to the inclusion of nationally important infrastructure under BNG’s remit.&nbsp;But what does it all mean in practice?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>On this week’s ECO Chamber, special guest, Dr Sophus zu Ermgassen, an ecological economist from the University of Oxford, joins host James Agyepong-Parsons and ENDS Report senior reporter Shosha Adie to discuss the changes to BNG.</p><p><br></p><p>The team also discusses the government’s first choice for new leader of the Office for Environmental Protection: Dame Helen Ghosh.</p><p><br></p><p>Who is she?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>PLUS:</strong> Clearance of the notorious <a href=\"https://www.endsreport.com/article/1954654/work-begins-clean-up-giant-oxfordshire-illegal-waste-site\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Kidlington </a>waste dump has begun; a <a href=\"https://www.endsreport.com/article/1954821/watershed-moment-national-soil-data-made-available-first-time\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">treasure-map</a> for soil health has been revealed to the public; and an aquatic <a href=\"https://www.endsreport.com/article/1954610/regulatory-milestone-united-utilities-sorry-fish-found-embedded-walls-protruding-organs\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">nightmare-from-hell</a> for the thousands of fish that died in gruesome fashion…</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Environmental Data Services (ENDS)"}