Cornwall Environmental Consultants Limited
Applied Research
Cornwall Environmental Consultants Ltd undertakes both field and desk-based research on a contract basis for clients in the public and private sectors.
With our access to the extensive Wildlife Trust and Environmental Records Centre for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (ERCCIS) library and database we are in a position to undertake wide-ranging research throughout Cornwall.
- Project: A Manual for the Nature Conservation Management
of Metalliferous Mine Sites in Cornwall
Client: English Nature and Cornwall Wildlife Trust
The current practices and available information on the reclamation and management of metalliferous mining sites in Cornwall were reviewed and assessed. On the basis of this information, the manual provided guidance for local government, private landowners and others on the best practical options currently available for the management of these sites in terms of their nature conservation value.
- Project: Falmouth Bay and Estuaries - a Nature Conservation
Overview
Client: Falmouth Bay and Estuaries Initiative
A study drawing together all existing data on habitats, flora and fauna in the project area, highlighting key areas, features and species. The identification of nature conservation issues and management objectives aimed to assist with the development of projects to safeguard the wildlife conservation interest of the area and to help in the production of educational and interpretive material.
- Project: Cornish Killas and Granites Natural Area Profile
Client: English Nature
A report aiming to describe and evaluate the wildlife and geological features of the Cornish Killas and Granites Natural Area. The Natural Areas concept is a key part of English Nature's strategy to help conserve nature in England. The key issues affecting wildlife and geological features were identified, the need for action evaluated and objectives set for their conservation. The profile was written for all those with an interest in - and influence on - nature conservation within the area identified as the Cornish Killas and Granites.
- Project: NVC survey of maritime cliffs
Client: English Nature
NVC surveys of two Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) on the north Cornwall coastline which lie within a candidate Special Area of Conservation (cSAC). These SSSIs were notified during the late 1980s and early 1990s, some years before the National Vegetation Classification (NVC) system of identifying and mapping vegetation communities was fully developed. English Nature identified a need to obtain more information on the vegetation communities and plant species within the cSAC.
