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Biodiversity Net Gain Surveyor
Measures and offsets development impacts on wildlife and habitat
£30k–£60k Regulation-driven
What it involves
Conducts ecological surveys, calculates biodiversity metric scores and designs habitat creation plans to ensure development projects leave nature in a better state.
Skills & knowledge needed
Ecological surveyingBNG metric calculationHabitat assessmentGISReport writing
Why it's emerging now
England now legally requires 10% biodiversity net gain for all major developments — surveyors are scarce.
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