The Environment Consultant

A blog for those seeking insights, resources, and advice to build their career in environment consultancy.

Ecology

  • The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

    Biodiversity loss has become one of the most pressing environmental challenges of the twenty-first century. The continued degradation of ecosystems, the accelerated extinction of species, and the disruption of ecological…


  • Nature-based Solutions

    Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are actions that protect, restore, and sustainably manage ecosystems in ways that simultaneously address societal challenges and promote human well-being and biodiversity. They include a wide range…


  • The value of nature – case of Colombia’s Sinú Basin

    This articles describes the key findings of the 2024 Natural Capital Assessment of Colombian’s Sinú River Basin, conducted by the National Planning Department in collaboration with the Natural Capital Project…


  • Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services

    Natural Capital Natural capital refers to the global reserves of natural resources, which are fundamentally linked to ecosystem services. When evaluating the natural wealth of a specific area as assets…


  • iNaturalist & eBird: citizens tracking nature globally

    iNaturalist and eBird are smartphone apps intended to engage the regular citizen in reporting biodiversity observations. As an analogy, both apps are like Pokémon GO — yet collecting real-life creatures.…