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Environment Bank featured in BBC Magazine article on Biodiversity Net Gain
BBC Wildlife magazine’s latest issue contained a 4 page spread discussing the subject of biodiversity net gain and featured a segment from our Chairman David Hill. David discussed Environment Bank’s ambition for habitat banks with the aim of setting up 100 over the coming years as net gain becomes established. Professor Hill mentioned that money […]Plantlife Awarded CIEEM Best Practice Award
Plantlife, of which Environment Bank Chairman David Hill is a trustee, has been awarded the CIEEM Best Practice Knowledge Sharing Award 2020 for Managing grassland road verges: a best practice guide. This is fantastic peer recognition of a publication that was brought about through a collaborative partnership effort with Highways England, Natural England, Welsh Government, Transport […]Environment Bank Forms New Strategic Land Agent Partnerships
As Biodiversity net-gain is rolled out gradually across the country and with the upcoming national mandate set to be introduced with the Environment Bill in 2020/2021, Environment Bank are getting an increase in enquiries for offsetting sites in new local authority areas every week. With a key principle of offsetting being that offset sites should […]The Next Big Thing: Corporate Natural Capital Accounting
It goes without saying that one of the key components needed to address the emergencies we face from climate change and biodiversity loss is how we use land in the years ahead. The transformations we need involve changes to cropping regimes through a switch to agroecological approaches to growing our food, protection and enhancement of […]The Environment Bank Supports Woodmeadow Trust
The Environment Bank are pleased to announce we are providing support to the Woodmeadow Trust. The Woodmeadow trust is a pioneering charity that is looking to address the catastrophic declines in biodiversity in the UK by creating ‘woodmeadows’. These habitats provide great opportunities for wildlife with species-rich grassland transitioning into broadleaved woodland. Structural diversity with […]