Services

Environment Systems, provides consultancy and services to deliver the evidence and insights that facilitate business and policy making decisions. Our technical skills lie in GIS, Geoinformatics, Statistics and Earth Observation which together with IP developed through collaborative research and project work enables us to deliver a unique range of services in a number of different areas:

Ecosystem Services

Ecosystem Services are the benefits that humans obtain from the processes and structures within ecosystems; they provide water, energy and timber, enable food production, sustain wildlife and provide employment and recreation. Environment Systems has developed methods for modelling and mapping Ecosystem Services at regional and national scales. Find out more >>

Invasive Species and Plant Disease

Environment Systems is at the forefront of developments in mapping the spread of disease, such as Phytophthora and invasive species such as Japanese Knotweed; providing key baselines as the starting point in management, eradication and monitoring.

Habitats and Species

Habitats are one of the fundamental building blocks of our natural environment, a key input into ecosystems services analysis and often subject to legislation and reporting requirements e.g. Annex I and BAP priority habitats under the EU Habitats Directive.

Using satellite and other data Environment Systems is producing a new up-to-date highly automated map of all Wales’ wildlife habitats. Find out more >>

A team led by Environment Systems has a track record of successfully delivering over £1m of biodiversity monitoring work in Wales and is now working in a similar vein for the Scottish Government. This is part of a specific requirement to monitor the environmental impact of agri-environment schemes under the EU Rural Development Program.

Agriculture and Land Management

Environment Systems is currently involved in Project URSULA (www.projectursula.com), a 2 year research and development programme that is exploring the potential for advanced remote sensing, for use in land applications, primarily high input arable farming.

Working with European partners, we acted as the indicator and analysis experts on a landscape classification of Europe involving multi-dimensional cross-analysis of LUCAS data (Land Use/Cover Area Frame Survey), to support monitoring of CAP reform and rural development.

Land Cover, Land Use and Landscape

We have been involved in a number of broad scale　projects covering very large areas which are typically suited to a remote sensing approach or the processing of large volumes of GIS and survey data. Recently we were working in the Georgia Rangelands using satellite imagery and our own established remote sensing expertise to investigate existing rangeland ecology, meteorological patterns and local topography, in order to improve understanding of the livestock and farming system. Find out more >>

Marine and Coastal

Many of our projects include a coastal element as the landscape does not does not stop at the coast, and the interest in seascapes, and the continuation of a landscape-type approach to sub-tidal and marine areas has been growing in recent years. In 2011 Environment Systems became a preferred supplier to the South West and South East regions of the National Network of Strategic Regional Coastal Monitoring Programmes.