For a consulting firm, it is not always easy to know what happens “afterwards”: has this assessment permanently changed the client's perspective on the issue, have these recommendations been followed up on, has biodiversity ultimately benefited?

So when we learn that our report has not been shelved, and that our recommendations have led to concrete action, we savor the moment!

Here is just one example among many: two years ago, we worked on the green and blue infrastructure of the Roissy Pays de France agglomeration.

You know what gives us the greatest pleasure?

Seeing that the studies we produce don't just sit on a shelf.

Better still, to see that they help public and private players alike to radically transform the strategic management of their territories, their land holdings or their projects, with benefits that sometimes go far beyond the mere preservation of biodiversity.

As the anger within the agricultural community simmers, biodiversity professionals are speaking out in a recent op-ed, to which TerrOïko contributed.

It is available in full on the Actu-Environnement website, and we offer here some extensive excerpts: