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Soil & Water

Woodcock as Soil Health Indicator Species

March 2024: AGM and discussion on “Soil carbon – can you measure it?”

April 2019: A healthy soil – natural capital asset or public good?

EU Habitat Action Plan 4030: Maintaining and restoring European dry heaths

This EU Habitat Action Plan was published by the European Commission in 2020. It provides guidance to maintain and restore European dry heaths to a favourable conservation status. Dry heaths are wide open landscapes, typically occurring on free-draining soil that has a relatively low nutrient con...

Megan Lock

Farmland Biodiversity Advisor Megan facilitates two large Farmer Clusters, undertaking ecological surveys, planning and overseeing habitat connection, creation and management, and provides training and events. She also delivers GWCT Advisory services and manages several individual client portfoli...

QuESSA

Nature can provide a multitude of hidden benefits to humans such as control of crop pests by their natural enemies, crop pollination and prevention of soil erosion that keeps rivers clean. These are known as ecosystem services and are worth billions of euros every year in each European country. T...

Flower Power: A brief guide to encouraging beneficial insects using wildflowers

These days farmers face many pressures including producing more food sustainably, and using more natural ways of controlling pests now key insecticides have been banned. Planting wildflower margins can help; they can support pollinators and pest natural enemies, sequest carbon, and brighten up th...

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