… managers. This will encourage land managers to use nature based solution to challenges including fooding 8 and water quality. The Act introduces biodiversity net gain into the planning system which requires all new developments to enhance biodiversity. This is expected to lead to the creation, or improvement, of habitat for wildlife providing improvements in air quality…
… from home far more than in the past and so make fewer journeys. 12 During the COVID-19 lockdown period many people noticed the air quality improved and there was less noise from trafc. Air quality monitoring showed that the monthly average nitrogen dioxide levels were lower in Maidstone during lockdown than in the same months in the previous year. Our…