Science-based ecological softscape planning service

Service for visualising the impact of urban biodiversity restoration for city revitalisation.

Nature Biodiversity and Environmental Net Gain

Problem Addressed

Urban biodiversity restoration provides an opportunity to mitigate the effects of climate change and ecosystem degradation as they can serve as safeguards of biodiversity while enhancing social value in the neighbourhoods they occupy. Many real estate developers are engaged in the creation of these urban green areas, but they face challenges in quantifying the net gain produced by green infrastructure and conducting nature restoration based in science.

Solution Overview

TN GAIN by Think Nature is a science-based, ecological softscape planning service that visualises the impact of urban biodiversity restoration for city revitalisation. TN GAIN uses macro-ecological AI models which integrates satellite remote sensing with species / vegetation distribution data.

First, TN Gain evaluates biodiversity net gain (BNG) by calculating the amount of wildlife habitat restoration from before and after comparisons of residential and building developments, including private gardens, greening in urban development projects, reforestation of corporate green spaces and company forests, and biotope planning.

Secondly, it identifies conservation effects through scenario-based analysis, enabling companies to make future forecasts based on different scenarios. TN GAIN’s outputs can be used as KPIs for biodiversity restoration (nature-positive actions in businesses) in relation to corporate PR and IR activities.

This service is delivered through consultations and data analytics. Users provide location and species composition data such as the species and number of trees and outputs could be as granular as the number of various bird and butterfly species that particular green space attracts. Additionally, satellite imaging analyses can show the changes in the number of tree species over the years.

Company name

Think Nature

UK availability

Yes

Solution launch date

2023

Solutions submitted by

Think Nature Inc.

Case Study

To evaluate the positive effects of biodiversity of using native species, one of Japan’s largest housing companies has been promoting native tree planting in residential areas through their “Gohon no ki” project, but they have found quantifying the impacts quite challenging. Think Nature conducted a quantitative evaluation of their project, visualising its effects. Their analysis revealed that the number of bird species doubled in houses within the project compared to those outside it, and the number of butterfly species was five times higher.

€30,000

3 – month

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