Government guidance seeks new development to enhance the environment for wildlife. New environmental legislation will soon mandate new development to provide a 10% biodiversity net gain. Local authorities are already updating their current planning policies to reflect this incoming legislation, … Read More
Acer Ecology has recently undertaken a preliminary ecological appraisal of the Christmas Lights Trail at Bute Park, Cardiff. Our expert ecologists worked alongside the event organizers in order to ensure the project could provide the biggest festive lights trail in … Read More
This online course which tkes around 20 hours to complete introduces the use of QGIS (an Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS)) and will explain how QGIS software can be used to undertake a range of ecological mapping functions. Learning … Read More
Introduction to Protected Species Training Course This online protected species course aims to introduce you to the protected species that are encountered in Wales. It will cover the ecology of the animals, the legislation associated with protected species and the … Read More
Biodiversity net gain (BNG) is the end result of a process applied to infrastructure development so that overall, there is a more positive outcome for biodiversity. The process itself follows the mitigation hierarchy, which sets out that everything possible must … Read More
Phase 1 Introductory Course – 21st July 2021… Read More
Our phase 1 self-study phase 1 habitat course will introduce participants to the Phase 1 methodology to classify habitats. This course will be run as a combination of the following: Series of pre-recorded videos Self-organised phase 1 habitat survey of … Read More
New environmental policies, including the recent Environment Act, are making Biodiversity Net Gain a requirement for new development projects. Developers will need to consider biodiversity net gain for any upcoming projects to ensure compliance with environmental legislation. If you are … Read More
Acer Ecology will be running a range distance-learning wildlife courses in 2021. The Ecology Training Courses 2021 are aimed at anyone with an interest in local wildlife but could also be useful for undergraduates and postgraduates students or for anybody … Read More
This online course, which is aimed at beginners and intermediate users, aims to give participants the knowledge and skills to use the Bat Explorer software to analyse bat survey recordings and present their findings of surveys using the Batlogger or … Read More