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£1 million Summerfield Trust investment to help Gloucestershire communities protect green spaces for future generations
ByN4tur3_L0v3r September 14, 2026September 14, 2026

By Sarah Wood | 11th September 2026 A major new countywide initiative to help communities protect threatened green spaces and wildlife sites is being launched following a £1 million grant from The Summerfield Charitable Trust. The initiative, developed jointly by the Gloucestershire Nature + Climate Fund (GNCF) and Gloucestershire Local Nature Partnership (GLNP), will…

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First biodiversity gain site launched in Gloucestershire
ByN4tur3_L0v3r April 23, 2026May 3, 2026

By Sarah Wood | 16th April 2026 A new nature recovery site in the north Cotswolds – the first in Gloucestershire to be funded through biodiversity net gain payments from developers – has officially been launched by the Gloucestershire Nature and Climate Fund (GNCF). It is the first of a suite of offsite…

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Meet the Local Nature Partnerships…
ByN4tur3_L0v3r December 10, 2025May 3, 2026

GNCF was created by the Gloucestershire Local Nature Partnership – LNPs all over the country have coalesced in the new all parliamentary party group to support nature recovery in the face of difficult environmental policy changes. Thanks to Matt Whitney, secretariat for the new APPG, Matthew Stanton and Logan Walker at BBOWT for the film.

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Biodiversity Net Gain: Purchasing less than 1 unit
ByRachel Lenane-Young January 7, 2025May 3, 2026

The Gloucestershire Nature and Climate Fund is not currently in a position to provide sales of less than 1 biodiversity unit, due to the associated legal and administration costs for landowners and broker. Once BNG policy is more embedded in LPA practice and sales procedures are more straight forward, we hope to be able to…

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Do you need to buy BNG units?
ByRachel Lenane-Young November 26, 2024May 3, 2026

Do you need to buy BNG units? If you have to spend the money anyway – make sure you’re buying units that are doing some good💡 4 good reasons to buy BNG units through GNCF: 1. We’re a not-for-profit. No investors and no shareholders to pay back Any money we make, surplus to business running…

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Ecology | News | Planning

The No. 1 mistake in BNG reports
ByRachel Lenane-Young June 6, 2024May 3, 2026

Are you an ecologist or planning consultant working on the metric for a Biodiversity Net Gain project? Find out below the No.1 mistake in Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) reports, according to GNCF. What is the No.1 mistake in BNG reports? Our answer: not taking into account the BNG trading rules. On top of the intensity…

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GNCF | Landowners | News

7 benefits of working with GNCF as a landowner
ByRachel Lenane-Young November 10, 2023May 3, 2026

Biodiversity net gain is a new and untested policy. While a few counties have been running a local net gain policy for several years, the new biodiversity metric and rules will bring challenges that can only be worked out in collaboration. Local Planning Authorities in Gloucestershire, landowners, Natural England, Defra and developers need to work…

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