by Rachel Barker, Associate Director of Natural Environment With mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) now a reality for most developments, the requirement to deliver a 10% uplift in biodiversity is reshaping how we approach land use and planning. Whilst there is generally a desire to achieve this on site through the creation and enhancement of […]
by Richard Sands, Director of Ecology, Envance Every winter, fields, wetlands and shorelines across the UK fill with birds that were somewhere else entirely months earlier. Wigeon and pink-footed geese arrive from Iceland and the Arctic. Fieldfare and redwing move in from Scandinavia. Golden plover and curlew shift from breeding uplands to lowland farmland, sometimes […]
by Paul Wolstenholme, Associate Director of Data Ecology, Envance Environmental due diligence tends to look upward and outward: trees to be retained, hedgerows to route around, buildings inspected for roosting bats. Beneath the waterline, an equally consequential picture can go unnoticed until a project is already committed to a design, a programme, and a budget. […]
by Alan Cowlishaw, Associate Director of Ecology, Envance For anyone who has stood beneath a mature tree waiting for a bat to emerge at dusk, the limitations of that method are self-evident. The assessment relies on an animal doing something it may not choose to do on the on the night of the survey, in […]
Two of our team were chosen by CIEEM to be interviewed for their Green Jobs for Nature Project, which aims to provide an insight in to the industry for prospective new entrants. See what they have to say below:
Case Study: Review of NFM Pilot Projects
Natural Flood Management (NFM) is a nature based approached that aims to reduce the need for hard engineered flood management structures. NFM measures can help to manage flood and coastal erosion risk by protecting, restoring and emulating the natural processes of rivers and floodplains. The principle aim of NFM measures if to reduce or delay […]
How do we value nature? An insight into natural capital accounting
By Charlotte King For the past few months, I have been completing my MSc dissertation project with the support of Envance and the Environment Agency. This work centred around Spains Hall Estate, located in Finchingfield, Essex, with the aim of providing a valuation of ecosystem services present at the site, as well as evaluating the […]
Mixed news on the Climate Front
by Cherlana Bridgewater The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has given a disappointing update on the progress to tackling rising global temperatures. The report shows that there is now a 50/50 chance of the annual average global temperature temporarily reaching 1.50 C above the pre-industrial level in the next five years, and the likelihood of this […]
Sustainable Supply Chains
We are currently working with partners in the infrastructure and tech development sectors to develop a solution to help manage and record the environmental and sustainability performance within the supply chain. We are seeking views from stakeholders within the infrastructure and wider development sector to help inform the development of the solution so that we can […]
1.5°C: are we set to overshoot?
According to the World Meteorological Organisation's latest predictions global average temperature is likely to be 1° C above pre-industrial levels every year for the next fiver years. What does this mean for business, people, the planet and economies.