Why Nature Based Solutions?
About us
We are a charity that designs landscapes for our future. In an ever changing climate and weather patterns becoming increasingly extreme and unknown, we have to rethink our relationship with the land and how we live with it.
In the UK we have changed our landscapes dramatically over the last 70 years with a combination of land use, farming, and urban spread. Our approach is of a regenerative nature, using an holisitic approach embracing science and method to create projects and designs that imitate nature.
Biodiveristy
We aim to increase biodiversity across all habitats whether it is an Ancient Woodland or an arable farm, every landscape can benefit from improving the complexity of the system and the diversity of species.
We have destroyed over 50% of biodiversity in the UK. Biodiversity is the foundation of any healthy ecosystem, one that is complex and resilient, and can help mitigate the unknown events in the future. It is an essential part of a future landscape.
Carbon
Sequestering carbon is one of the most important issues we need to address. Removing carbon from the atmosphere and capturing it in the soil, plants, fungi or animals is essential for reducing the damage done by Green House Gases (GHG). Developing complex nature projects will help do this in a far more efficient and immediate process. Locking carbon into nature is an essential part of solving the climate crisis.
Water
Water management is the first layer when desinging holistic landscapes. It is the first level on the Scale of Permanance that we can have the largest effect on, and therefore has a huge positive effect on the landscape if designed correctly. We want to help mitigate floods in times of extreme rains, but also keep water on the land in the correct places for when there is drought and increased sunshine. Our first project is to Slow the Flow through the Marsham Valley in East Sussex to stop the flooding.
Food
Food is an invetable part of our landscape and can have a powerful effect on the way it changes the land. It has the ability to regenerate our soils, our ecosystems and our biodiversity. We work with landowners, managers and farmers to advise and fund changes in the landscape that can have a positive regenerative effect to benefit nature, their yeild and the health of the soils.
Social Value
When desinging landscapes for our future, we (humans) are an integral part of this conversation. We all need better access to nature for our physical and mental health, especially among young people. Future Landscapes Trust promotes and facilitates education and adds social value to the design process so that nature is a harmonious and progressive part of our lives.
