Join our new exciting Birmingham Regional Group event, either in-person or online, in which you will have the opportunity to learn more about Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG).

With the upcoming Environment Act legislation coming in to force, new developments will need to consider Biodiversity Net Gain requirements as part of the planning process.

At this event, we'll be exploring two perspectives.

Speaking at the event from the perspective of the built environment will be Tally Anderson. Tally Anderson is a Senior Environmental Specialist for Kier Transportation Ltd with over nine years’ experience working in environmental and ecological assessment across the highways, infrastructure and construction sectors. She has worked on Biodiversity Net Gain projects within the highways sector for the past three years, baselining sites and developing proposals for net gain projects up to 12ha in size. She has recently been working on a 9.5ha proposal to deliver floodplain meadows and woodland alongside a major road project.

From the environmental and project side will be Dr Gigi Hennessy. Dr Gigi Hennessy is the environmental net gain manager at Staffordshire Wildlife Trust. Her role is to identify sources of green finance to allow landowners to do their bit for nature, whilst ensuring they receive a fair income at the same time. Before working at Staffordshire Wildlife Trust Gigi worked within central government in the Department for Farming and Rural Affairs (Defra) and prior to this obtained her PhD at Sussex University studying the foraging ecology and conservation of bees. Having grown up on a farm Gigi has always been passionate about nature and all things wildlife (not just bees!)

If you would like to learn more about BNG, and the impacts it will have across the built environment and natural capital, then this event will give you an opportunity to engage with the topic.

Book your place today!

This event is for IEMA members based in the Birmingham area, but we welcome members from other Regions to join us. We now have a LinkedIn group, so please feel free to connect with us!

Please note: Bookings for in-person tickets close on 27th of September at 12pm.

*This event is recognised as 1.5 hours of IEMA CPD

B280923 Birmingham: Biodiversity Net Gain: Different Perspectives