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At Carcinus Ltd., we are a remote-first, flexible working company. This helps our employees to balance their roles here with everyday life🦀 But what's it like working remotely as an Ecologist? Read our tips, and how Marine and Freshwater Ecologist Antonia Davis puts these into action! #remoteworking #flexibleworking #ecology #marine #freshwater

Loved the variety and quick-fire talk format of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM) Spring Conference on Tuesday this week. From my many pages of notes (see hieroglyphics below), I pulled out some points I found interesting: - Lots of BNG Unit providers and brokers are stepping on to the scene offering units in a range of habitats including high distinctiveness area units and river units (although the latter could be hard to come by). Firms include Trust for Oxfordshire's Environment, Environment Bank, The Wildlife Trusts, RSPB and various large estates to name a few. - Consultancies such as WSP in the UK and Greengage are doing interesting studies mining the rich vein of data that is the Planning Portal to try and project future BNG needs in various LPAs. I think Verna have also done similar. - It's tricky but possible to shoehorn re-wilded landscapes into the BNG Metric (as done by Grace O'Donovan for Knepp Estate). This can be aided by LiDAR, drone footage and geotagged photographs, as well as justified assumptions (e.g. when divvying-up mosaic landscapes). - The voluntary BNG market is popping too! - AtkinsRéalis Ecology team made the Rivers Metric seem much more manageable! If you can't avoid works within 10m of the bank top (or 5m for wet ditches) you will need to engage with this complicated area of BNG (as river units are ~£230,000 each). Gains can be made through increasing length (by allowing a meander in a previously straight section), improving distinctiveness (e.g. de-culverting), improving condition (by improving one of the 32 CA indicators) or reducing watercourse or riparian encroachment. A juicy day of talks and I look forward to the next one.

Last week I gave an interactive session on the 'Ecoconnectivity map' and 'Less disruption plan ecology' at the IENE 2024 conference in Prague. We use both in the Werken aan de Ring project, the renewal of the Brussels Ring. The Ecoconnectivity map visualizes all fauna barriers that need to be solved in the development phase. It's a guide for orientation, dimensions, habitat type and lay-out of wildlife crossings in the project. The Less disruption plan is an upcoming evacuation plan for fauna that is not solely limited to (EU) protected species, but also includes the common ground and air dwellers. It's the first time ever a Flemish project has this level of detail of accompanying measures for ecology in an infrastructure project. Applying this plan has two goals: the ambition to stabilize the entire local ecosystem during the construction phase in view of a swift repopulation afterwards; and guaranteed migratory routes throughout the entire duration of the project. #iene2024 #werkenaandering #swecobelgium #transformingsocietytogether

Meet the #CumberlandEcologyTeam: Heather Gosper, Senior Ecologist and Project Manager. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱? Since November 2017 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱? The people are amazing, it’s a supportive environment, and the work-life balance is perfect for my family (plus some of the project surveys are brilliant). 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁? Doing surveys in remote locations you would never otherwise get to visit! 𝟱 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀: Coffee or Tea? - Coffee Holiday in Australia or overseas? - Mostly Australia, though I would love to get overseas a bit more Dog or cat? - Dog Early bird or night owl? - Early bird (those nocturnal surveys can be tough sometimes for this early bird!) Book or movie? - Book Click here to find out how you can join our team: https://lnkd.in/g-TQWZmq #CumberlandEcology #ecology #ecologist #consultancy #botanist #GIS #biodiversity #fieldwork #teamwork

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Wildlife Wednesday: Elephants – Nature's Environmental Engineers Happy Wildlife Wednesday! Today, I want to highlight the incredible role elephants play as environmental engineers. Elephants, often called 'keystone species,' profoundly impact their environment. By pushing over trees and creating open spaces, they promote plant diversity and provide habitats for other animals. Their feeding habits help maintain the balance of forest and savannah ecosystems. Moreover, elephants play a crucial role in seed dispersal. As they travel long distances, they spread seeds through their dung, aiding vegetation regeneration across vast areas. This natural process is vital for the health of their habitats. As an environmental engineer, I’m inspired by their natural engineering skills. Here’s a photo I took of these majestic creatures. What other examples of animals as environmental engineers can you think of?🤔 #WildlifeWednesday #Elephants #EnvironmentalEngineering #Conservation #Sustainability #WildlifePhotography"

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