Nutrient neutrality / nutrient mitigation scheme (policy and approach)

Overview

Nutrient pollution is a major environmental issue for many of our most important places for nature in England. In freshwater habitats and estuaries, increased levels of nutrients (especially nitrogen and phosphorus) can speed up the growth of certain plants, disrupting natural processes and impacting wildlife. This process (called ‘eutrophication’) damages these water dependent sites and harms the plants and wildlife that are meant to be there.