Resources

A look at the threat to biodiversity as the built environment continues to threaten and even completely destroy crucial habitats. Specifically, we will look at aspects addressing the challenges faced. 

Enthusiasm for nature in the general public is growing, between between 2014 & 2018 the number of people highly engaged with issues associated with biodiversity loss doubled. How can we utilise our collective societal capitol for the benifit of nature?  

How can cities encompass nature as a focus for decision making, and answer questions such as; what has the legislation done to transform the building sector? And how are biodiversity action plans & biodiversity net gain affecting planning?

Nature Recovery Networks increase carbon capture, reduce flood risk, improve water quality, boost tourist and benefit public health and wellbeing. But how do we connect this netowrk we have created for the prosperity of nature? 

Transforming Thamesmead, blending brutalism and biodiversity, natural capital accounting, Living in the Landscape and delivering a vision for a post-pandemic world.

The connection between our health and nature is changing prescriptions from doctors. Public perception is towards natural systems and who is responsible for their success is also chaging. how can be extract the maximum benifit from Biodiversity Nett Gains for nature and ourselves? 

Exchange Square, the value of a natural haven in a highly corporate world and the futility of trying to predict the way wildlife behaves and landscapes evolve.    

Biodiversity net gain, using artificial intelligence to assess habitats remotely, natural capital accounting and the challenge of influencing business decisions in a free market world.

To enable towns and cities to serve both nature and their citizens well, we need the correct policies and design standards. So, what should be the standard for building with nature? 

Biophilic design and biodiversity, humanising the workplace and harnessing the power of technology – and poetry – to bring the magic of the forest into the spaces where we live and work.    

Volume housebuilders and biodiversity, lessons learnt from Cator Park and the lasting impact of a formative exchange between Tony Pidgley, Richard Attenborough and The London Wildlife Trust.

How do we measure the effectiveness of good green space and maximise its long term benifit? We look at the critical role of maintenance and place-keeping to fully benefit from the services that nature can offer.    

Learning from forest schools, allotments and falling out of trees and making the case for rewilding the urban childhood and enshrining access to nature as a universal human right.

In this session we invited a multi-generational cross section of society and leaders in the field to outline their one big idea to inspire action for nature.

How to utilise the free resources within Habitat Matters.

How to create an account to get the most our of Habitat Matters.

How to add a site to Habitat Matters.

How to add a habitat to a published site.

How to add a feature to a published site.

Creating and connecting a wildlife record to a published site.