Have you taken the BIG Biodiversity Challenge?
- Details
- Hits: 3294
CIRIA is delighted to announce that the BIG Biodiversity Challenge 2016 is now open for entries. Now in its third year, the Challenge invites leaders from across construction, infrastructure, transport, retail and Government to ‘do one thing’ for biodiversity.
Led by CIRIA’s Biodiversity Interest Group, the BIG Biodiversity Challenge invites the industry to add one new biodiversity enhancement to a construction site, development or existing building, however big or small, permanent or temporary, and be creative about enhancing biodiversity.
Last year’s BIG Biodiversity Challenge concluded with an Awards ceremony at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, recognising more than 100 organisations who submitted more than 200 entries from sites all over the country. Enhancements included installing bug hotels and bat boxes, restoring riverbanks and wildflower meadows and delivering detailed biodiversity action plans. Doing just one thing really can make a BIG difference in helping to reverse the decline of Biodiversity in the UK.
Michael Small, Project Manager, CIRIA says:
The response to last year’s awards was overwhelmingly positive, with more than double the number of organisations signing up to take the challenge from the 2014 Awards. These organisations demonstrated that they are more than happy to share their knowledge and ideas and submit interesting and innovative entries. The 2016 Awards promise to bigger and better and we have increased the number of categories to make the awards more inclusive. CIRIA’s Biodiversity Interest Group is really looking forward to learning about the new projects out there and recognising them at the 2016 Awards later in the year.”
The Challenge is free to enter and there are also fantastic sponsorship opportunities for organisations wanting to be involved in the year’s Awards. For further information on how to enter, and to be inspired by last year’s entries, please visit www.bigchallenge.info. The BIG Biodiversity Challenge 2016 Awards ceremony will take place on 15 September at a central London venue.