Land Use and Sustainability
We help governments, businesses and farmers understand how land management decisions shape the environment and advise on sustainable practices that work for both productivity and biodiversity.
What we offer
Fera brings together insights from ecological monitoring, soil health, remote sensing, spatial analysis and socio-economic research to understand what drives land use and environmental change. Through a range of analytical and modelling approaches, we help decision-makers predict how landscapes will look in the future and advise on measures to influence land management in positive ways.
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Get in touchAgri-environment monitoring
Monitoring and evaluation of schemes and programmes designed to support environmental sustainability in agriculture, including the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
Mapping and modelling
We model how economic, agricultural and social activities are shaping land use and impacting the environment helping decision-makers predict how landscapes will look in the future.
Pesticide usage surveillance
We manage nationally important long-term datasets on pesticide usage in the UK, providing robust evidence for regulators, policymakers, and industry.
Habitat and species monitoring
Monitoring of biodiversity and soil health over time to assess the impacts of specific policies, land management practices and farming schemes on key species.
Bespoke studies and assessments
We work closely with farmers and industry on everything from data gathering and surveillance to full policy evaluation programmes.
Our land use and sustainability specialists devise bespoke studies and assessments, working closely with policy makers, farmers and the wider industry at every stage from monitoring and data gathering through to collating and analysing evidence for a range of audiences. Major customers include Defra and it’s Arm’s Length Bodies, the water industry, HSE and the European Commission.