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Housebuilders supply only half of promised nature-friendly features, survey finds (www.theguardian.com)

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Nearly half of the nature-friendly enhancements promised by developers building new homes have failed to materialise, according to a study of almost 6,000 new houses.

Developers are failing to keep legally binding pledges to boost wildlife when building new homes, according to the survey by University of Sheffield academics for Wild Justice.

When researchers visited 42 completed housing estates in England to check if ecological enhancements including newly planted trees, bird boxes, ponds and hedgerows had been provided as stipulated by planning permissions, they found just 53% had been delivered.

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[–] YungOnions@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 months ago

Yeah, that's a classic around here to. A shit ton of saplings planted as part of the HS2 work just die due to lack of maintenance, leaving those stupid plastic protective tubes behind and nothing else.