Stories
Ecology in action
Survey season offers a unique opportunity to see ecology in action. This month’s ecology special explores the wider role Biodiversity Net Gain can play in creating healthier, more resilient landscapes — alongside the insights emerging from habitat and wildlife monitoring across our habitat banks.
Ecosystem services
Nature is part of every supply chain
Nature underpins every business, whether we realise it or not. Why HMRC’s latest ecosystem services guidance matters for landowners, developers and the future of natural capital.
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Climate resilience
Biodiversity Net Gain and climate resilience: creating places that last
BNG can deliver far more than biodiversity units. How well-designed habitats can strengthen climate resilience while creating lasting value for both people and nature.
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Botanical survey
Beyond the biodiversity metric: what we’re seeing at Sleight Farm
From meadow indicator species to the first bee orchid recorded on site, our latest botanical survey reveals encouraging signs that habitat recovery is gathering pace.
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Eyes on nature: what wildlife reveals about a habitat in recovery
Some of the most valuable ecological surveys happen when nobody is there. What recent wildlife monitoring is revealing about how species respond as habitats establish and mature.
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Habitat bank
Featured habitat bank: Lesnewth, Cornwall
130 BNG units across 26.8 hectares in the River Valency landscape, bordering one of Cornwall’s rare temperate Celtic rainforests.
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