Nature-based Solutions provides management consultancy services to the green industry. Based in Durban, South Africa, we specialise in strategic planning; project development; operations; and monitoring and evaluation related to landscape construction and maintenance; conservation horticulture; ecological restoration; and conservation management.
Our aim is to assist clients to develop and maintain high quality green spaces by drawing on innovative ideas, rigorous analysis and practical experience. Whether it's for a wildlife garden, industrial complex, housing estate, agricultural land-use, or landscape-wide restoration program, we are committed to helping you develop measurable, time-bound outcomes defined by clear and collectively understood goals.
We believe that impactful projects require rigorous planning and need to be practical. We specialise in linking governance objectives with effective science-based conservation methods and field operations. Our goal is to optimise your projects biodiversity, social, and commercial potential.
We work across the Parks and Gardens, Ecological Restoration and Conservation Management spheres such as urban public spaces, residential estates, tropical and sub-tropical forests and grasslands, wetlands, mine rehabilitation sites, and nature reserves.
Our services include the following:
New and existing developments: Landscape Masterplans and audits; Vegetation and restoration specialist reports; Fauna and flora - search and rescue; Pre and post-development of Environmental Management Plans (EMPs); Project costings and Bill of Quantities.
Conservation management: Wetland restoration planning; Forest Landscape Restoration planning; Conservation operations planning, including Annual Plan of Operation documents (APO); METT analysis; invasive species management plans; fire management plans; veld condition assessments; conservation zonation plans; vegetation mapping; and M&E development, including floristic quality indices (FQI)
Please get in touch by email at allister@naturebasedsolutions.io to discuss your project.
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