Ground Control’s biodiversity manager, Jack Potter is under no illusion: “The UK is one of the most nature depleted areas in the world…at a tipping point of environmental collapse so this is a really critical time in history where every single scrap of habitat..is absolutely critical. We are in a real crisis right now.”
So how can a landscape maintenance company like Ground Control often contradictory demands of preserving biodiversity and making a good old fashioned profit?
He talks about his favourite projects, staff training initiatives, and winning over reluctant clients to the benefits of improving wildlife on their sites. Potter gives suggestions of ways companies and individuals can take action and do their bit to improve biodiversity.