CBM provides comprehensive advice to clients in environmental management, with a strong focus on biodiversity assessment and training in rapid survey methods.

CBM Mission

Expertise is available to capture biophysical and socioeconomic information that is fundamental to integrated natural resource management. This information can be used directly by managers and planners to forecast impacts of specific resource use on biodiversity and productivity and to develop sustainable options for adaptive management.

“Our team has experience worldwide especially in developing countries, both in establishing regional frameworks for biodiversity research, implementing rapid baseline surveys and in technology transfer..”

Global database development and spatial modelling

From its inception, CBM has taken on the task of building a unique global database using a standard data recording protocol. To date 1800 sites worldwide have been recorded in more than 50 countries using this approach.

Sites range from tundra to tropical alpine and continental deserts and humid tropical forests. Our best estimates indicate our sites represent approximately 95% of key global climatic environments. The methodology ensures uniform comparison of data within and between regions- a feature that is unique among global vegetation databases.