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.
Nature Recovery Networks in NI
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.
In a project funded by Natural England, Environment Systems investigated how an integrated approach using offline ecosystem service mapping together with an online dashboard could help the Cotswolds AONB to meet its nature recovery reporting requirements.
The UK’s draft deforestation due diligence regulation, which is part of the Environment Bill, would make it mandatory for companies to carry out due diligence to ensure that there is no illegal deforestation in their agricultural and forestry supply chains. A WWF report suggests that the UK needs to strengthen its regulations.
Recently, we were tasked with producing an Ecosystem Resilience Field Guide by Natural Resources Wales. Ecosystem resilience is the capacity of an ecosystem to deal with pressures and demands; resisting, recovering from or adapting to these whilst retaining their ability to deliver ecosystem services.
This is a great example of our work moving from research to policy and action. With coastal wetlands being the richest source of carbon in the Caribbean, these cost-effective nature-based solutions will help tackle the negative effects of climate change and biodiversity.
We’ve been working with Bridgend County Borough Council considering the land in council ownership and its management in terms of its suitability for tree planting. We’ve also been looking at the current amount of carbon stored and the potential for further sequestration.