10 October 2009

Betts Ecology is greatly expanding its biodiversity and ecological sustainability programme with exciting projects for 2010.

In its 83rd Plenary Meeting, the General Assembly of the United Nations declared 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB). It invited EU Member States (yes, we are one even if we haven't joined the Euro yet!) to establish national committees for the IYB, encouraging them to use 2010 to increase awareness of the importance of biodiversity.

At Betts Ecology we have already instituted a brand new programme for helping developers and planners to protect and enhance biodiversity on green space and open land associated with housing and other developments through our Estates Division. This came about because, as we all know, the best intentions for these parcels of land are often not realised, ending up with degraded habitats, fly tipping, vandalism and a focus for more serious crime. Even sites set aside for European Protected Species, such as bats, great crested newts, dormice or otters, do not receive the skilled management they deserve. We have a programme that changes all that - and it is cost effective, reliable, permanent and efficient: it delivers compliance with legislation and the Biodiversity Duty as well as bringing sites up to "favourable conservation status", not to mention the educational, social and other environmental sustainability benefits.

As a company, we are committed to the 2010 IYB initiative and the "ecosystem approach". As well as the above, we have projects involving biodiversity research, sabbaticals, African rainforest, Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS), green roof/green wall ecology, and much more. Email us using the link on our Contact page for more information.