A Role for Compost in the Regeneration of the Former Royal Ordnance Factory BAE Systems, Chorley

BAE Systems Ltd has driven a £400million programme of development which will transform the closed Royal Ordinance Factory at Chorley to create the village of Buckshaw, with its own business park and surrounding natural areas of woodland and grasslands plus extensive areas of informal public recreation. Because the brownfield site (265 hectares) was contaminated with [...]

RESTORATION OF GRASSLAND ON CLAY SUBSOILS FOLLOWING CONSTRUCTION OF THE SECOND RUNWAY AT MANCHESTER AIRPORT

As part of the approval and planning permission for the second runway a Landscape and Habitat Management Plan (with a 15-year lifespan) was developed to protect and improve semi-natural habitats around Manchester Airport. A part of the action programme involved mitigation measures to create new grasslands in the vicinity of the airport. The creation of [...]

RESTORATION OF HEATHLAND

Dr Phil Putwain has undertaken research over a period of 30 years on the restoration of lowland and upland heathland landscapes following severe disturbance by development projects on uncolonised mineral substrates on marginal farmland. The research findings were applied to practical implementation of heathland restoration on a large scale at sites throughout Britain ranging from the [...]

Restoration Construction

Ecological restoration construction involves the re-establishment of native plant communities and wildlife habitats to mitigate for the adverse impacts of development projects and to rehabilitate or enhance public and private land. Ecological restoration can be used to fulfill mitigation obligations, rehabilitate degraded conditions, improve wildlife habitats, and increase the aesthetic value of a property. ER&M’s [...]

New special collection from Ecological Restoration

From the beginning of the movement to restore natural places, the journal Ecological Restoration has published the writings of people who make restoration happen. This booklet, Connecting People and Landscapes, contains a selection of articles published in Ecological Restoration since its founding in 1981, which reflect on the importance of human relationships to place in [...]