Tristan O'Leary

Growing up on a regenerative small holding, the relationship between food systems and the natural world has long been an interest of mine. Focusing on land-use tensions and geo-politics at Oxford, and now an MSc in Sustainable Development with Exeter, my interests lie in how we can leverage policy and natural capital principles to encourage not only regenerative land management and food systems alongside investment in nature recovery, but ultimately how we can ensure social equity and systems resilience. I’m drawn to the social elements of nature recovery and climate change adaptation, in particular the intersection of geopolitics, biodiversity economics and justice.

Introducing the EWCO Checker Tool: A case study with Nicholsons 

To coincide with the release of the EWCO Checker Tool in partnership with the Forestry Commission, we caught up with the team at Nicholsons – a family business offering environmental and ecological consultancy services along with garden and woodland design – to learn what they’re loving about the new tool, the opportunities presented by the England Woodland Creation Offer and how it’s helping to support landowners and farmers to plant woodlands on their less productive land.