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Using natural resources to improve ecosystem resilience. Siôn Brackenbury, Commons Vision and Aoife Ryan, Swansea University with inputs from Professor A Street- Perrott , Phillip Harries and Robert Davidson. 1. Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS). Habitat failing condition.
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Using natural resources to improve ecosystem resilience Siôn Brackenbury, Commons Vision and Aoife Ryan, Swansea University with inputs from Professor A Street-Perrott, Phillip Harries and Robert Davidson
1. Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS) Habitat failing condition Rhododendron Control Biodiversity benefit? Other costs: Carbon flux Erosion/runoff Equipment/fuel resources Disposal – burning/chipping Impact on the soil/rhodie/disposal
2. Arisings • 170 tonnes of phytomass per ha • Disposal by: • Burning • Decay in situ • Chipping/removal
3. Pyrolysis • Energy production • Managed emissions • Creation of biochars • Sequestration within soils
4: Amendment • Analysis of soils • Determination of key characteristics • Amendment of surface characteristics
5. Mitigation • Combination of materials: • Composted bracken • Biochars and amended biochars • Testing
6. Habitat • Functional habitat? • Mixing within the soil profile • Immobilisation of metals • Sequestered carbon
7. Monitoring requirements • On-going monitoring: • Vegetation development • Soils – physical and chemical properties • Life cycle analysis • Quantified carbon sequestered Time Ecological economics
Next steps: Experiments to mitigate impacts of INNS clearance on soils and biodiversity Control Cleared Burned Dense
Contact: Siôn Brackenbury Commons Vision Ltd 01994 240242 07879557740 sion@commonsvision.com www.commonsvision.com