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“We are already a top-10 global forestry manager and innovator in natural capital, and this will only increase under our new ownership as we expand our international presence with M&A.” 💬 Anthony "Tony" Dalwood spoke to IPE Real Assets about private ownership as well as our investment approach which has been to pick up early on themes that will become more important to investors including #sustainableinfrastructure, #batteryenergystorage, #naturalcapital and #biodiversity. He suggests that although the definition of natural capital is yet to be fully determined, today’s inflationary environment is not necessarily an obstacle to growth as real assets tend to have a high correlation with inflation. https://lnkd.in/eidewJrx (Article behind a paywall) Capital at risk. Not an investment recommendation. Opinions expressed are the author’s own and not necessarily those of Gresham House.

We can’t believe it’s been 10 years since Mackley completed the Managed Realignment at Medmerry. With 14 industry awards, it remains one of our most successful projects which was the largest managed realignment of open coast in Europe and the first of its kind in the UK. We were recently invited to the 10 Year Anniversary celebration of the project and it was great to see the guys from Jacobs and everyone else who was so involved in the project all those years ago. It was also fantastic to see how the new saltmarsh and mudflats habitats have flourished, significantly increasing the bird populations, attracting record numbers of avocets, lapwings and oystercatchers. Managed Realignment involves building new sea defences inland from the coast and allowing a new intertidal area to form seaward of the intertidal defences. Our work protected 348 properties, the local water treatment facility and the only road to a local town with 5,000 residents. Mackley was Principal Contractor and worked as part of joint venture Team Van Oord (TVO). The project was a major collaboration for Mackley/TVO, the Environment Agency and the RSPB. #CoastalDefence #10YearAnniversary #SeaDefences #CoastalEngineering #FloodProtection #JointVenture #sustainability #managedrealignment #intertidal #habitatcreation #RSPB

Check out this—more evidence of the opportunity to help rural landowners with marginal lands reforest—helps diversify income so families can conserve their land and helps the planet at the same time— https://lnkd.in/dDSpBsRm So proud of our Field to Forest program which is responding to just this need and using the voluntary carbon market to finance it.

I’m excited to share a new paper about the recovery of conifers along mulched low-impact #seismic (LIS) lines. We measured conifer seedling retention (trees that persisted through mulching) & recruitment (new trees since mulching) along LIS lines in forested #peatlands in NE #BC. We found that seedlings can persist thru and continue growing after mulching, and that those benefits are especially enhanced when the mulcher drums are elevated. This is especially important because raising mulcher drums is an easy and effective translation between science and operations. When drums are well elevated above the ground surface, fairly large conifers can be kept in place. In some cases, we saw lines supporting seedlings > 1m tall in just 11 years. That’s excellent line recovery timing! Elevating drums may help to reduce impacts to and #restoration liabilities related to “#caribou and other species in boreal Canada. A team effort including Angelo Filicetti, Scott Nielsen, Katherine Wolfenden, Murdoch Taylor, and Paula Bentham For more info you can find the full paper here: https://lnkd.in/gADvNwp8 It’s open access and free to download. Also, check out this fantastic infographic for more information by Kate Broadley at Fuse Consulting Ltd..

When size really matters, very interesting investigation and results.

❓ If you’re confused about everything going on in the Latrobe Valley, and the implications for the Durt’Yowan (Latrobe River), you’re not alone. From mine rehabilitation plans, to water reallocation to developing the vision for the water future for the Latrobe Valley – there’s a lot happening. Luckily West Gippsland CMA’s Strategic Lead – Latrobe, Anthony Goode (Goodie) is here to bring us up to speed as we continue our work to restore Durt’Yowan from a working river to a river that works again. What's been happening: 👉 Public consultation on the environmental effects of the Hazelwood Rehabilitation Project will open later this year. ✍️ We’ll keep you posted on your chance to have input. 👉16 gigalitres of water 💧 (that’s 16 billion litres) previously reserved for future mine expansion will be reallocated to Traditional Owners, irrigators and the environment. 👉Organisations across Gippsland’s water sector are scoping a joint vision and plan for the water future of the Latrobe River. This is an exciting opportunity to reimagine the water future of the Latrobe for the benefit of the whole Gippsland community and environment. We’ll also keep you posted on how this partnership is progressing and how you can be involved. 🤝 👉Want to know more? Get the full update at https://bit.ly/3TSaYtL 〰️ West Gippsland CMA is working with Traditional Owners, government, community groups and partner organisations to continue the long process of restoring Durt’Yowan (Latrobe River) from a working river to a river that works again. Find out more at https://bit.ly/3Vrsc2d #CMAsGetItDone #Latrobe #DurtYowan #Gippsland #WaterWednesday

Want to see what over $25 billion in California farmland sales looks like? Tune in this Thursday for a live discussion and Q&A on California farmland values. (And yes, if you sign up you get the recording) #landinvesting #landvalues #californiaag #innovation

This summer, join Western Landowners Alliance CEO Lesli Allison and Ranchlands CEO Duke Phillips on the Paintrock Canyon Ranch for a week (June 30 - July 5, 2024) of exploring the incredibly varying landscape as well as the complexities surrounding the past, present, and future of ranching in the western United States. Together, Lesli and Duke will lead this weeklong workshop in important conversations about ranching and conservation. Each morning will be spent riding or hiking through the meadows and canyons on the ranch and each afternoon we will take a seat at the table for discussions about ranching and conservation. How does ranching achieve conservation and why is it important? What are the challenges the ranching industry is facing today and how do we overcome them? How will ranching continue into the future and what will it look like? This workshop is open to everyone, not just ranchers and riders. The more perspectives around the table the better. Learn more and reserve your spot today: https://lnkd.in/gKaNQ5vm

Register now! The Ashe Juniper Symposium, May 8-9 in Austin https://lnkd.in/gGn-3zXn (common name: mountain cedars) Project Bedrock, is on the planning committee (www.projectbedrocktx.org). The symposium will teach how these trees are acting as ecosystem engineers to regenerate degraded limestone karst country and reversing the trend towards rocky desertification. It is important for them to attend since it is still the mantra that a landowner needs to focus on clearing out their mountain cedars (junipers on limestone karst). But we don't have a cedar problem, we have a soil problem. So we need to imrpove how we manage Texas karst country.

How can we manage feathertop Rhodes grass? 🤔🌾 Frequent and timely slashing could be an option. Options to control feathertop Rhodes grass on roadside verges have been tested as part of the Area Wide Management project. Working with the Millmerran Landcare group for the past two years, CSIRO researcher Brett Cocks has been assessing the impact of slashing. Areas are slashed 5 times a year, just prior to seed-set and at the end of the growing season. Mr Cocks says that one roadside site has been monitored for 14 months and preliminary results suggest frequent timely slashing is working. To reduce the spread of weeds at paddock boundaries, the trial is also investigating how feathertop Rhodes grass competes with sorghum sown at different row spacings. Read more: https://bit.ly/3Pr4NJy 📷 CSIRO #GroundcoverOnline #CropProtection #Weeds #FeathertopRhodesGrass