The UK's leading marketplace for nature recovery
EnTrade has joined forces with global engineering and sustainable development consultancy Arup, to expand its operation to go nationwide across the UK.
A better way to drive investment in nature
The Bristol Avon Catchment Market is a world-leading approach to nature recovery that benefits landholders, businesses and the environment.
Find out more about how the Bristol Avon Catchment Market is:
Market outcomes to date
Latest news
ENTRADE WELCOMES GOVERNMENT'S SUPPORT FOR GROWING NATURE MARKETS
EnTrade, the UK’s leading marketplace for nature recovery, has welcomed the government’s proposals for a new approach to housing and infrastructure development. The government has made it clear that any reforms will be expected to work alongside private initiatives such as the Bristol Avon Catchment Market.
REGISTRATION FOR MARKET ROUND 3 - NOW CLOSED
The following links can be used to express interest in participating in future market rounds:
AN ECOLOGIST'S JOURNEY
In our latest blog we hear from Daisy Huxter, a Project Ecologist with the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust.
HIGH-INTEGRITY NATURE MARKETS CONFERENCE
The inaugural High Integrity Nature Markets Conference provided the opportunity to reflect on the Bristol Avon Catchment Market experience to date, and explore the importance of effective market governance and market rules. Workshops brought together landholders, environmental and cultural heritage specialists, nature market experts, local planning authorities and businesses to explore how to make nature markets work for everyone. Bruce Howard from the Ecosystems Knowledge Network guided participants through the comprehensive programme that featured a wide range of expert speakers. See more images from the event here.
EMPOWERING TOMORROW'S ECOLOGISTS
Read our latest blog post to learn more about how the Bristol Avon Catchment Market Traineeship Program is helping build skills and employability in the ecological sector.
MARKET ROUND 2 - SETTLEMENT RESULTS
The second Market Round of the Bristol Avon Catchment Market has settled succesfully, and will:
- Deliver 0.76 hectares of Grassland Projects and 230 metres of Hedgerow Projects
- Generate rights to 6.77 Biodiversity Units.
Find out more about the Market Round 2 Settlement results.
A LANDHOLDER'S PERSPECTIVE
We interviewed one of our landholders to capture their experience of participating in the Bristol Avon Catchment Market. Watch the video here.
This project is funded by the Government's Green Recovery Challenge Fund. The fund was developed by Defra and its Arm's-Length Bodies. It is being delivered by The National Lottery Heritage Fund in partnership with Natural England, the Environment Agency and Forestry Commission.
Heritage and Landscape consultants, CFP, are evaluation specialists who have been working with the project team during the first and second market rounds to measure successes, identify lessons learnt and demonstrate impact.
