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We Need More Healthy Trees

Although we need more trees to help absorb carbon and pollution from the atmosphere, reduce flooding and soil erosion and to improve biodiversity, few developments include them.

Nature Depleted Britain

When measured against internationally approved criteria, the UK has kept only half of its biodiversity since pre-modern times. Canada, which is among the best countries, can boast 89% retention.

Renewable Energy Centre for Jarrow

Proposals to build an energy centre to extract and distribute heat from the River Tyne required a range of ecological assessments and a Biodiversity Net Gain design.

New Studios for Dragonwood

A series of surveys was required at Dragonwood Studios, south Wales, to determine the extent of reptile and amphibian populations and to advise on mitigation measures.

Wales Declares Nature Emergency

Wales’ Strategy for Nature sets out an ambition ‘to reverse the decline in biodiversity, for its intrinsic value, and to ensure lasting benefits to society’,

Can You Help to Revive Our World?

A Red Kite sculpture outside Cardiff Castle reminds us all that we can take positive action can make a huge difference to the natural world around us.

Help for Butterflies

Ecological support throughout development projects can help reverse the contribution made by loss of habitat to the catastrophic reductions in butterfly populations over the past 40 years.

Caterpillar of Peacock butterfly – one of more than 40 insect types supported by the Common Nettle plant At this time of year, it seems that barely a day goes by without another opportunity being presented for us to celebrate nature, and whilst “Be Kind to Nettles week” might sound like a joke, it isContinueContinue reading “Be Kind to Nettles Week”

Will new Greener Bus Stops help support Bees?

Bee bus stops – an initiative to help our declining pollinator populations – are appearing in a number of cities. Let’s hope the idea is adopted by many more councils and authorities.

New Use for Pontrhydyfen Primary

Purchased in 2020, the new owners of Pontrhydyfen Primary had interesting development plans for which they needed planning permission and supporting ecological reports.