Ida Bailey

Nature and Natural Capital Lead – Europe

Europe


Biography

Ida has been professionally involved in ecology relate project management/ research for over a decade, working with a wide range of aquatic and terrestrial species, in the UK, North America and South Africa. She spent her early career gaining a PhD and undertaking several post-doctoral positions focusing on animal cognition and foraging behaviour. Her career then moved in to ecological consultancy. She is a qualified project manager (PRINCE2 Practitioner) an associate member of CIEEM and a member of the Society for Ecological Restoration (Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner in Training, CERPIT).

Within the past four years Ida has managed the ecological aspects of over 35 projects in Scotland, England, Wales and the USA in: onshore wind (feasibility, EIA, pre-construction, construction and operational phases), grid, forestry, floating solar, conservation, hydroelectric, solar, housing, waste/ landfill, industry and minerals/ mining.

Ida join SLR in 2019. In her role as an associate ecologist Ida is a member of SLR’s Natural Capital Working Group. This is a good fit with her interests in ecosystem services and habitat restoration. Her broad range of experiences and skills allow her to take an innovate, practical approach to problem solving, and she believes that is particularly important in the rapidly developing field of Natural Capital.

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  • News

    15 August 2024

    3 minutes read

    SLR agrees collaborative partnership with rePLANET

    by Stewart Lenton, Ida Bailey


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  • Insight

    22 April 2024

    5 minutes read

    How nature can support the climate crisis: A focus on fungi

    by Ida Bailey, Giselle Hynes


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  • Insight

    11 December 2023

    8 minutes read

    The evolving relationship between farmland and biodiversity

    by Ida Bailey


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  • Insight

    07 December 2023

    4 minutes read

    Understanding the new EU Nature Restoration Law

    by Ida Bailey


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  • Insight

    03 August 2023

    4 minutes read

    Understanding the EU Nature Restoration law: which targets made the final vote

    by Ida Bailey


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  • Insight

    04 April 2023

    1 minute read

    Understanding grassland habitats with Plantlife and WWF

    by Ida Bailey


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  • Insight

    28 February 2023

    4 minutes read

    Ecological restoration of habitats and ecosystems

    by Ida Bailey


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  • Insight

    27 January 2023

    6 minutes read

    Scotland draft National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4): What does it mean for Natural Capital, Biodiversity and the Environmental sector?

    by Ida Bailey


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