Environment Systems is an environmental and agricultural data consultancy. We are trusted providers of evidence and insight to governments and industry across the world.
Consultancy
Coastal monitoring takes place every 5-8 years to ensure that changes are monitored effectively and that new improved processes and analyses can be brought to bear. Most recently, we have returned to the South East, an area that stretches from the Isle of Grain in the east to Portland Bill in the west.
SENCE, our land suitability modelling technology, is proving to be a valuable tool for future agriculture assessment. Using SENCE, we have been working in the Caribbean to provide scientific evidence to guide land acquisition reconnaissance for a forest production enterprise.
Habitat loss and fragmentation are factors driving biodiversity decline on a global scale. Northern Ireland (NI) ranks 12th worst in the world for biodiversity loss, with 11% of vegetation species at threat.Read how we created Nature Recovery Networks across the whole of Northern Ireland.
Data Services
Savanna based ecosystems across the world are suffering increasingly from wildfires due to climate change and illegal human activities. In many regions, this puts the fragile ecosystems under threat, so mapping the extent of wildfires becomes important to enable the organisation of mitigation measures.
In 2019 we were involved in a pilot project to investigate the use satellite remote sensing to inform grassland management and predict grass yield in Wales. We have now proved the efficacy of satellite data for monitoring within a single field and across entire continents!
According to our Data Services Team we have surveyed over one million fields in the last year. When we take into account the number of repeat visits to some of these fields, the land area we have covered is well over 600 million km².
News
10-07-2026The UK faces many environmental challenges. From declining wildlife populations to concerns about water quality. Therefore, we need to protect and enhance our natural world. Within the UK, farming and forestry account for 80% of the main land management activities. Consequently, farmers and foresters play a key role in helping the natural world regain and retain good health. That's where agri-environment schemes (AES) come in.
10-07-2026Stanner Rocks National Nature Reserve (NNR) covers just five hectares, yet it is one of the most important botanical sites in Wales. Its steep rocky outcrops support some of the UK’s rarest bryophytes (non-vascular plants, including mosses, liverworts, and hornworts, that lack true roots and reproduce via spores), including rigid apple moss (Bartramia aprica), Dog Screw-Moss (Tortula canescens) and Black Crystalwort (Riccia nigrella). These mosses rely on drought-prone, nutrient-poor soils more typical of Mediterranean landscapes than Welsh habitats. Unfortunately, historic land use change, reduced grazing and increased atmospheric nitrogen have encouraged scrub to spread through Stanner Rocks NNR, altering the light and moisture conditions.
10-07-2026Scrub, often described as a 'successional habitat', is a dynamic and structurally diverse habitat in the UK that provides important areas for many species. However, this makes it hard to monitor since conventional methods often focus on where it is and how much there is. Therefore, to manage and protect scrub effectively, we need to understand not just its location, but how it works and changes across the landscape.