Founder’s Note – August 2024
As we close out another month at Land App, I’ve been reflecting on the ongoing conversations about the vital importance of resilience in farming, a topic that feels more relevant now than ever.
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Founder’s Note – July 2024
This month has been particularly eventful with the recent election and SFI 2024 applications opening. I want to take this moment to share some insights on my personal SFI 2024 journey, reflecting on our journey and collaborations.
Founder’s Note – June 2024
With the looming general election, as well as the new SFI agreements from July, the land management sector is facing yet more change.
Founder’s Note – May 2024
As a digital tool, we deal with data every day. Last month, we had over 6,000 monthly active users so I wanted to share some insight into the importance of consistent data and how we see this positively impacting the future of our planet.
A tragedy of the horizon? Nature degradation could erode 12% of GDP, a new GFI report shows.
In a now well-established speech in 2015, Mark Carney (ex-governor of the Bank of England) located failings around climate change not within a tragedy of the commons, but within a “Tragedy of the Horizon”.
Founder’s Note – April 2024
It’s fair to say that regenerative agriculture was the catalyst that started my journey to founding Land App. I started studying regenerative agriculture 13 years ago to learn how to protect our family farm into the future.
Founder’s Note – March 2024
We know that we’re at a pivotal moment in the land management sector; I don’t need to go into detail on how climate change, economic disruptions and changing policies are impacting our day-to-day lives in unprecedented ways.
Biodiversity Net Gain – Sorely needed investment for nature policy set to kick in
The 12 February 2024 marks the formal launch of the much-awaited policy Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), where a net 10% improvement in biodiversity becomes mandatory for major developers (residential developments with 10 or more dwellings), whether on-site, or by “purchasing” biodiversity credits from “off-site” providers. BNG will apply to small sites (9 dwellings or less) in April 2024, and for nationally significant infrastructure projects in 2025. It is hoped this policy will provide much-needed funding for land owners and managers to support improvements to the natural environment and ecological resilience.