Witold Zielinski

Biofarm

Biofarm was established in response to the Environment Bill receiving Royal Assent in November 2021. As an Act of Parliament, it requires that all new developments in England must provide a minimum 10% net gain in biodiversity. It is anticipated that the Act and the requirement to increase biodiversity will come into effect in the autumn of 2023. The primary reason that the biodiversity requirement is being introduced is that the UK is one of the most environmentally degraded countries in the world. According to a report published by the RSPB using data compiled by the Natural History Museum, the UK is listed as the worst in the G7 for the amount of wildlife and wild spaces lost due to human activity, resulting in the UK being ranked twelfth worst of 240 countries and territories overall. The Environment Act will go a long way to halting and even reversing this tragic decline in biodiversity in England by ensuring that the issue becomes a primary focus of property developers nationwide.