NATURAL CAPITAL ADVISORY FOR LAND MANAGERS
Naturally Commercial
Find out what your land could earn from nature, before you commit to anything. For landowners and farm businesses considering BNG, nutrient, carbon or water credits.
HABITAT CREATION OPTIONS// WILTSHIRE
Baselining
We evaluate the potential of your land to provide enhanced services through NbS by mapping out terrestrial habitats, soils, and hydrological features of your estate, overlaying your pragmatic knowledge of where you could envisage land use change.
KEY DATA ANALYSIS
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RPA Field Boundary & Land-Use Mapping (via SBI)
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LiDAR Flow Pathway & Natural Accumulation Modelling
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Constraints & Business Priorities (spatial overlay)
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Soilscapes & High-level Hydrology Assessments
Market opportunities
An ecological uplift only generates value when aligned with verified buyer demand. We have 10 years' experience researching what the market wants to buy from nature, and what they are prepared to pay. We identify the areas with the highest potential to get a return relative to cost, and how you can design to manage risks.
MARKET TARGETING
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BNG Demand Trajectories
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Nutrient Markets
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Water Company Investment Drivers
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Voluntary Corporate Buyers of Carbon, Water Stewardship, Biodiversity and Pollution credits
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Additionality & Stacking Compliance Checks
NbS Options and Performance
We can help you create high-level designs for a portfolio of NbS then model its performance against a range of nature outcomes using the latest accredited standards and methods widely recognised by regulators.
METRICS & STANDARDS
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Statutory Biodiversity Metric Calculations
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NE Standards for nutrient mitigation solutions
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FARMSCOPER pollution modelling
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Peatland Code & Woodland Carbon Code
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​Hydrology modelling, including water storage potential and peak flow impacts for flood risk
Commercials
We convert technical ecological models into bankable, multi-decade commercial business plans. Our financial models give you realistic scenarios for cash flows, credit revenues against capital expenditure, long-term stewardship costs, and ELM/SFI subsidy transitions. The result is a clear, risk-adjusted strategy.
FINANCIALS & RISK ANALSYSIS
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Optimising links to Defra grant schemes
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Long-Term CAPEX, OPEX & Income Scenario Modelling with NPV analyses
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Assessment of Conservation Covenant options, Heads of Terms
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Advice on Organisational Models to minimise risks and tax liabilities
