To enable understanding and good decision making Dr Katie Medcalf Cenv, MCIEEM, MBSSS katie.medcalf@envsys.co.uk www.envsys.co.uk www.envsys.co.uk
Consultancy Data services Bespoke advice and solutions for land management, monitoring and policy • Environment • Habitat mapping • SENCE – ecosystem services • Ecology services • Monitoring • Agri-environment • Agriculture • Field trials • Satellite business intelligence • Drone data analysis www.envsys.co.uk www.envsys.co.uk
Helping understand the pressures and make good decisions Where is the best place to How can we use the Where is our environment site new activities and environment to avoid serious working well? developments? issues? Phys.org Alison Gilbert www.envsys.co.uk www.envsys.co.uk
B Habitats and Ecosystem services Woodlands and semi-natural habitats : • Help form soil and vegetation carbon A • Intercept rainfall • Slow water infiltration • Provide water filtration • Are key for biodiversity • Provide a recreation resource • A woodlands role in each of these functions will depend on the type of woodland, its position in the landscape and its management • Other habitats will have their own characteristics in terms of these functions www.envsys.co.uk www.envsys.co.uk
Basic • Understanding your : • Habitats (Habitat Asset Register – HAR) • Landform and water (Landform Function) • Resilient ecological networks (network maps) • Designated sites (importance and location) • Opportunity to enhance Ecosystem Services : • Maps and a short explanatory report www.envsys.co.uk www.envsys.co.uk
Habitat Asset Register (HAR) Structural habitat classes which relate to: • UK NEA Broad Habitat • BAP Habitats • Phase 1 Habitat Survey www.envsys.co.uk www.envsys.co.uk
Ecosystem Service Provision This map shows habitats important to provision of ecosystem services identified by their importance to ES provision Key High ES provision Moderate ES provision Low ES provision Only one provision www.envsys.co.uk www.envsys.co.uk
Landform Function How landform and water affects habitats and species, and therefore the ecosystem services: • Slope • Aspect • water movement www.envsys.co.uk www.envsys.co.uk
Resilient Network Analysis Using the Habitat Asset Register each network (woodland, grassland, wetland and heath) is classified. Permeability modelling shows core habitats linked by smaller habitats patches to define the pathway with least resistance for plants and animals to move through the landscape. www.envsys.co.uk www.envsys.co.uk
Mitigation and Opportunity Planning Identify locations for enhancement www.envsys.co.uk www.envsys.co.uk
Consultancy • SENCE works with the drivers and policies impacting the land to understand which ecosystem services are most valuable in your area. We will then provide a tailored set of maps which build understanding around: • Biodiversity (incorporating ecological networks) • Pollination • Natural flood management • Climate regulation – soil carbon • Erosion risk management • Climate regulation – vegetated carbon • Water quality (sediment) • Green infrastructure & blue infrastructure • Bespoke issues www.envsys.co.uk www.envsys.co.uk
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Opportunity mapping As part of the Anguilla NEA we mapped where development could take place to minimise environmental damage www.envsys.co.uk www.envsys.co.uk
Considering Social aspects of greenspace www.envsys.co.uk www.envsys.co.uk
Scenario's and climate change Investigation into scenarios of frost formation damaging to early crops www.envsys.co.uk www.envsys.co.uk
as a holistic evidence base for natural capital evaluation • Spatial planning • Targeting Natural Flood Management & water quality issues • Ecological network and connectivity • Local Biodiversity Action Plans • Green infrastructure planning • Ecosystem services assessments and land-use plans • Marine planning • Policy creation through scenario modelling At a range of scales from local to national http://www.envsys.co.uk/sence/ www.envsys.co.uk www.envsys.co.uk
Thank You katie.medcalf@envsys.co.uk neil.parker@envsys.co.uk www.envsys.co.uk www.envsys.co.uk
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