Norwich 19th out of 68 for green spaces and trees Norwich has been ranked 19th out of a list of 68 UK city centres surveyed for their green spaces and tree cover. (1) Academics from the Department of Landscape Architecture at Sheffield University measured and compared the green attributes of city centres in cities of over 100,000 […]
Category: Climate Action
More Support for Nature Needed in New Developments At the Climate and Environment Emergency Executive Panel on Tuesday 8 November, Green Councillors will challenge Norwich City Council’s proposed target of ‘at least ten per cent’ Biodiversity Net Gain for all new planning permissions, saying that it lacks ambition and the Council should aim for twenty […]
Halloween Horrors in the River Wensum
Green Party councillors will be joining members of the local community on Saturday 29th October to clean up the River Wensum and its banks. Norwich Green Party has held a number of clean-up events over the past five years and continues to campaign to keep the river cleaner and safer. Councillor Gary Champion said: “On previous […]
Higher Biodiversity Targets are needed for Norwich
A Norwich City Council meeting on Thursday saw a Green councillor encourage other council members to set higher targets to protect wildlife such as hedgehogs, bats and bees in the city. Councillor Denise Carlo, who represents Nelson ward, was concerned that the city might adopt the minimum ten per cent target for Biodiversity Net Gain […]
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