Biodiversity net gain pilot projects

Biodiversity net gain pilot projects

London is constantly developing. With Biodiversity Net Gain, future developments will hopefully also benefit nature (A view over Croydon from Addington Hills, Geoff Henson CC BY-ND 2.0) Planning has a very important part to play in helping to protect and restore...
GiGL’s Habitats: Preparing for Biodiversity net gain

GiGL’s Habitats: Preparing for Biodiversity net gain

In London you can find a wide range of habitat types, like those shown here over Walthamstow and Leyton marshes. Classifying and mapping these habitats is no easy task (Russ Garrett CC BY-SA 4.0) Converting to UKHab From swathes of grassland and woodland in parks and...
Interview: Becca Jordan

Interview: Becca Jordan

Becca joined GiGL in December 2021 as our Habitats Officer and she is already well underway with her project updating and refining GiGL’s Habitats dataset. Read on to find out more about GiGL’s newest addition to the team.     Becca in Hyde Park, a Royal...
Interview, Amy Palmer-Newton

Interview, Amy Palmer-Newton

Amy Palmer-Newton, GiGL Database Officer Amy is one of GiGL’s Database Officers. She delivers work to review, manage and develop GiGL’s SINCs and habitat databases. This includes collating data in partnership with local authorities and land managers, and...
Show & Tell: The new GiGL habitat database

Show & Tell: The new GiGL habitat database

Laura Kuurne (GiGL Database Officer) and Chloë Smith (GiGL Partnership Manager) This summer has been an exciting time for GiGL as we have been working on a brand new habitat database. Our legacy habitat datasets (we’ve never had a habitat database) have served us, our...