Webinar: Celebrating 10 years of the BIG Biodiversity Challenge

This webinar celebrated the 10th anniversary of the BIG Biodiversity Challenge. Discover some of the award-winning projects from the early days of the Challenge, and how they delivered and have maintained their biodiversity enhancements over time.

Background
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the BIG Biodiversity Challenge which was created in 2013 to celebrate the contribution of the construction industry to biodiversity. The challenge invites the sector to ‘Do One Thing’ and add at least one new biodiversity enhancement – big or small – to a building site, development, or existing structure.

Our thinking about biodiversity in the built environment has evolved since the creation of the Challenge, and increasing acceptance of Biodiversity Net Gain principles has led to their forthcoming mandatory implementation.

This webinar was a celebration through time to hear how winning projects from the early years of the Challenge have evolved. What has been the impact on biodiversity and how have the projects been maintained? What does it mean in terms of biodiversity? How was maintenance? Are these biodiversity enhancements still performing as designed?

CIRIA Biodiversity Community of Practice
The BIG Biodiversity Challenge and Awards are led by CIRIA Biodiversity Community of Practice (CoP) which focuses on growing support for the implementation of Biodiversity Net Gain principles within our industry. The CoP fosters collaboration and knowledge transfer to assist the management of biodiversity across the transport, utilities, housing and development sectors. This network of academia, private and public entities provides thought leadership and key guidance resources for the built environment.

For more information and to get involved, please contact Adrien Baudrimont.