Last week, the Land App team were lucky enough to visit Knepp Estate – the rewilding project pioneering a new approach to land management. Here, we dive into what makes Knepp so impressive, what took the Land App team by surprise, and why the future of land management is one of optimism and excitement.
Regenerative approaches to land management are becoming more popular amongst farmers in the UK. For some, these are familiar practices, though for others it represents a new way of approaching land management and an uphill learning curve.
For farmers, land managers, and landowners in England, the idea of creating wetlands might seem like a daunting task. However, with the right guidance and resources, it can not only be achievable but also financially rewarding.
We’re pleased to share that our Professional subscribers now receive 30% off UK Habitat Best Guess Baseline data.
In this case study, Chris Cary, Senior Rural Surveyor at Woolley & Wallis details how his company has fully embraced Land App and explains how the mapping platform now acts as an integral tool to their planning and development department. Chris outlines that “we are heavily involved with rural planning, with instructions ranging from the positioning of Milk Vending Machines to the conversion of whole farmsteads into housing or commercial estates. Whatever the job, Land App proves invaluable for every application in some shape or form”.
Issues around land use, food systems, and farming have never been more pressing. As COP28 – the global climate conference – draws to a close, our Communications Lead, Tristan O’Leary, reflects on the outcomes and their impacts for land use and farming in the UK.
Albanwise Environment, the Environment team of the 10,500 hectare Albanwise Wallace Estates, are in the process of using Land App to help understand their natural capital baseline, potential for Biodiversity Net Gain and their role in Landscape Recovery. Recently, we caught up with Director Mike Edwards, and Angus Wells, Woodland and Technical Manager, to discuss how Land App supports their environmental projects. From spatial planning and strategising land use at the landscape scale, to instantly calculating a “Best-Guess UKHab Baseline ” across all 10,500 hectares, here’s how Albanwise are taking their land management to the next level…
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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This week we caught up with Harriet Bell, Head of Regenerative Farming at Riverford, who explains how they use Land App to map supply chains and monitor nature-friendly farming, reducing environmental impact from plant to plate.
Our latest case study explores the impressive work being undertaken by the Winchester to River Test Landscape Recovery Project. Combining the efforts of some 40 farmers across 40,000 acres, the farming cluster is a testament to how impactful coordinating Countryside Stewardship (CS) across a landscape can be.
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