NatureMetrics has launched its latest tool to support businesses and organisations in their land management decisions and biodiversity reporting needs.
Habitat Insights is a geospatial tool designed to help businesses gain a rapid assessment of terrestrial habitats across their portfolio without the need for on-the-ground monitoring. This includes running assessments of complex, hard-to-reach terrestrial sites; tracking the impact of industrial activity and the performance of mitigation actions; identifying new areas for use or management needs; and standardised habitat assessments across portfolio sites.
According to NatureMetrics, traditional habitat monitoring at large scales can often be complex, costly and time-consuming. In an attempt to address these issues, Habitat Insights includes three standardised metrics to track habitat health: vegetation health, land cover and habitat connectivity.
The NatureMetrics package reportedly supports all major reporting requirements, including those of the Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Direction (CSRD) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
Dimple Patel, CEO of NatureMetrics, commented: “The realities of nature-related risks and dependencies are becoming ever more apparent across business operations. By combining remote sensing with our industry-leading eDNA technology, we’re giving businesses and conservationists the tools they need to make smarter, faster decisions about nature. We’re enabling organisations to move beyond fragmented data to a truly connected nature intelligence approach.”
Pippa Howard, chief nature strategist at NatureMetrics, added: “Landmark progress recently agreed at the resumed COP16 talks demonstrates that, despite ongoing geopolitical challenges, momentum to reverse biodiversity loss continues at pace and organisations cannot afford to be left behind. Our new Habitat Insights product is an essential tool to support comprehensive biodiversity data and monitoring used to drive management action and financial flows to deliver nature positive.”
