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• Best value

  The current arrangements for reviewing the effectiveness, efficiency and economy of public sector services, and the measure of value for money in public sector procurement.

• Biodiversity

  The diversity, or variety, of plants, animals or other living things in a particular area or region. The term encompasses habitat diversity, species diversity and genetic diversity. Biodiversity has value in its own right and has soclal and economic value for human society.

• Brownfield land

  Any land or premises which has previously been used or developed and is not currently in use, although it may be partially occupied or utilised. The land may also be vacant, derelict or contaminated but excludes parks, recreation grounds, allotments and land where the remains of previous use have blended into the landscape, or have been overtaken by nature conservation or amenity use.

• Bruntland Commission, The

  Established in 1987 by the United Nations Commission on Environment and Development. The Commission called for a form of sustainable development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.