#04 Making the case for a career as an ecological contractor and Biodiversity Net Gain - interview with Julia Baker of Balfour Beatty

Interview with Julia Baker, Biodiversity Technical Specialist at Balfour Beatty; one of the major infrastructure contractors in the UK. Julia has designed and delivered Biodiversity Net Gain for a variety of projects including large and small scale, rural and urban. Julia is the leading author of the UK’s Good Practice Principles on Biodiversity Net Gain and runs professional training on Biodiversity metrics. She is also a Visiting Researcher at the University of Oxford. Additional links UK Good Practice Principles for BNG Biodiversity Net Gain: Good Practice Principles for Development. | CIEEM BNG Practical Guide Biodiversity Net Gain: Good Practice Principles for Development, A Practical Guide. | CIEEM BNG and Wellbeing Scoping Study Biodiversity Net Gain and People’s Wellbeing | CIEEM BNG RoadMap A Better Balance: A Roadmap to Biodiversity Net Gain - Public policy - How we work - Balfour Beatty plc in the UK, our work on BNG was greatly influenced by international best practice led by BBOP Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme - Forest Trends (forest-trends.org)