Exploring the application of Ecosystem Services in EIA & ESIA
This webinar will provide perspectives on the application of ecosystem services from IFI ESIA and UK EIA practice.
The desire to assess the likely implications of a development proposal project to an area’s ecosystem services has existed in UK and international practice for some a number of year. However, we are only now beginning to see sufficient examples from ESIA and EIA practice to draw any perspectives on the real world benefits and challenges that arise from this new area of impact assessment.
This webinar will provide perspectives on the application of ecosystem services from IFI ESIA and UK EIA practice. Petrina Rowcroft and Chris White (AECOM) will provide his organisation’s views on the application of an ecosystems approach within ESIA conducted under the IFC environmental and social policy requirements. Bruce Munro from the Environment Agency’s National Environmental Assessment Service (NEAS) will discuss pilot projects investigating the value and the fit of ecosystem services assessment to the appraisal and environmental assessment (EIA & SEA) of flood risk management schemes in England.
Republic of Ireland: Current Bog Restoration in Ireland
Our special event was hosted by the IEMA Republic of Ireland regional network, looking at bog restoration in Ireland.
How green is your site and could you make it more beneficial for your staff and nature? Our Midlands event welcomed guest speakers to discuss the importance of encouraging your workforce to engage with biodiversity in a way that deepens understanding and morale within your organisation.
How can we find solutions to the complex challenges that we, and our natural environment face? Our Wales webinar helped attendees gain insight and updates on the work of Natural Resources Wales, who have been developing a series of innovative Area Statements covering seven separate yet hugely diverse parts of the country.
Our Yorkshire and Humberside coffee morning looked at an introduction to biodiversity net gain (BNG) and how a minimum 10% BNG can be achieved on new development, with real project examples in the Yorkshire region.
This digital event was run by the North Wales regional group where three organisations presented on their biodiversity work and how they assist in Wildlife Preservation in North Wales.
The event helps attendees to better understand what Natural Capital, Environmental and Biodiversity Net Gain are, providing an update on the current position with respect to the 25 year plan; introduce good practice in designing development projects to follow Biodiversity Net Gain Principles, an update on DEFRA’s new Biodiversity Metric 2.0 and emerging British Standards.
In this session we discussed biodiversity net gain and how a wide-scale conservation project is aiming to reverse the decline in farmland biodiversity in Scotland.