The RTPI has worked with the Partnership for Biodiversity in Planning to publish practice advice on Biodiversity in planning: Obligations and opportunities to promote biodiversity through the UK planning systems.
The State of Nature Report, 2019 contains worrying statistics on the current situation for biodiversity in the UK.
State of Nature Report, 2019
Our advice responds to the decline in biodiversity in the UK. It will equip readers with a solid foundation knowledge about the key challenges relating to biodiversity and the current national statutory duties and guidance that should be addressed through planning. It offers practical pointers to support the integration of biodiversity into local policy, practice and individual development schemes through good practice examples.