Wetlands are often overlooked and undervalued ecosystems, despite the pivotal role they play in sustaining life on Earth. They take many different forms across landscapes, from estuaries and peat bogs to marshes and floodplains.
February 2024 marks the long-awaited launch of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), marking a new opportunity for land managers.
This month, we’re introducing our new blog series “Updates from Defra”. Each month, the team at Defra send us their updates, and we’ll share the top picks which we believe are important and helpful for you, our community of Land App users, here on the blog.
Recently, we announced our partnership with UKHab Ltd, helping to bring efficiency, consistency, and accuracy to the way habitat assessments are carried out.
The UK Habitat Classification system (also referred to as UKHab) is a coding system used for surveying and classifying habitats when conducting a habitat assessment. By assigning specific ecological features a primary habitat code, secondary code, and condition score, it enables ecosystems to be mapped with accuracy and detail.
Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is a central policy for both development and conservation in England, introducing a new focus to the way we approach land development. This blog explores what BNG is: its key points, purpose, and why it matters to various stakeholders.
As the land management sector begins the transition to digital mapping in earnest, habitat mapping has become more sophisticated, and important. Habitat assessments will play an important role in new environmental land management schemes, developments for Biodiversity Net Gain, Landscape Recovery and so much more…
Tree planting remains at the centre of conversations around improving farm resilience to climate change, improving biodiversity, and restoring water quality; the UK Government’s current tree-planting target is to reach 30,000 hectares of woodland planted each year. But it’s not as simple as just putting any old tree in the ground – making sure the …
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Every now and then, we let our Land App users know the latest news from Defra, relevant to policy, funding changes and opportunities. You can read about June’s updates below * *Please note the following is text is an update provided directly from Defra, which Land App has agreed to pass on. Sustainable Farming Incentive actions – …
Every now and then, we let our Land App users know the latest news from Defra, relevant to policy, funding changes and opportunities. You can read about April’s updates below: * *Please note the following is text provided directly from Defra, which Land App has agreed to pass on. Plan for Water: new funding available …
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