Are you looking to do some Ecology Training in 2012? Our Wildlife Legislation, Badger Ecology and Management,Phase One Habitat Surveying and the Identification of Grassland Plants courses will all be run thoughout 2012, along with some brand-new ones. All our dates and venues for 2012 have no been confirmed and can be seen on the Training section of the website. You can [...]
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January 26th, 2012Steph’s Bleets – Red Tape and Gold Plating
January 26th, 2012I thought we might have heard the last of “gold-plating” in 2006, when the Davidson Review reported on “burdensome” regulation in the UK. However, last year the Government launched the “Red Tape Challenge”, listing (among other topics) all163 regulations that relate to biodiversity, wildlife management, landscape, countryside and recreation, and asking “should they be scrapped [...]
Tim’s Blog – January 2012
January 18th, 2012Happy New Year to one and all and I hope you all had a good Christmas! Mine was fairly typical, consisting of lots of eating, drinking, driving and sleeping. The drinking bit got off to a great start with the Biocensus annual ‘Subbies Christmas Drinks’. Every year we host a drinks event for our subbies [...]
Another successful training year comes to an end
December 15th, 2011What a great year for training it’s been at Biocensus in 2011. Our Wildlife Legislation, Badger Ecology and Management, Phase One Habitat Surveying and the Identification of Grassland Plants courses were all well attended and your feedback to us has been invaluable. So we would like to take this time to say thanks to everyone [...]
Important changes to BREEAM schemes
December 14th, 2011As of July 1st this year the 2011 BREEAM New Construction Guidance replaced the 2008 guidance for commercial and public (non-housing) developments. Since then Biocensus have been applying the new guidance and have continued to provide our clients with all the information and advice they need to maximise their BREEAM credits. The new guidance for [...]
Tim’s Blog – November 2011
November 29th, 2011The Big News! So the big news this month is that on the1st of November we very happily announced that Dr Stephanie Wray joined the Biocensus board as our Non-Executive Chairman! To say I was chuffed about this is a massive understatement. Probably the two prevailing emotions were pride and excitement. Pride in the fact that we’ve grown Biocensus [...]
Dr Stephanie Wray Joins Biocensus as Chairman
November 7th, 2011We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Stephanie Wray as our new Chairman. As the co-founder of the internationally recognised ecological consultancy, Cresswell Associates and as a former MD and Global Environment Leader at Hyder Consulting, Dr Wray brings with her a wealth of experience in the forefront of ecological and environmental consultancy [...]
Last chance to attend our UK Wildlife Legislation course this year
October 19th, 2011Don’t miss your last chance to come on our UK Wildlife Legislation Course this year On the 23rd of November, Biocensus will be running our highly successful one day intensive training course on UK Wildlife Legislation. This will be the last chance this year to attend this comprehensive and highly rated course. Many of the [...]
Tim’s blog – October 2011
October 18th, 2011A nip in the air, redwings and fieldfares dropping in and dark mornings (even for non-birders) can only mean one thing; autumn. Traditionally this coincides with the slowing down of work for the ecologist. Fortunately (unfortunately?) that’s not the case here. Windfarm work does have the bonus of providing substantial amounts of work right through [...]
Go ‘wild in the city’ with Biocensus and Two Tomorrows
September 26th, 2011Biocensus and Two Tomorrows have recently published an article together for Sustainable Business entitled, “Natural wonder: going wild in the city”. Biodiversity Myth-busting It is a common misunderstanding that urban areas provide little-to-no biodiversity value. In fact, some of the most ecologically diverse sites can be found in and around our cities. The article states: [...]
