Terry Smithson
15 Oct – Public Spaces Theatre / 3pm – 3:45pm
Making SuDS Mandatory: The need for nature-based solutions
Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) are set to become mandatory for new developments in England, making it a requirement for them to be considered for managing surface water and rainwater. What does this mean for those designing these schemes, and could it be a big opportunity for the sector? Hear from our panellists on why incorporating SuDS is more important now than ever – providing nature is at the heart of our approach.
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Terry Smithson is the Head of Nature Based Solutions at BioScapes. He has a passion for protecting the planet’s natural habitat, with a deep understanding of species and ecosystems and of how this benefits humankind.
Over three decades in the Nature Conservation sector, Terry has brought about biodiversity restoration through species recovery, land management and policy development, and through landscape scale habitat restoration. Terry aims to maximise the benefits to people from the natural world and has delivered this through community programmes, placed-based interventions and the development of Nature-based tourism programmes.
More recently, with BioScapes he has developed a suite of compact habitat units designed to simplify water management and biodiversity provision within our built environment.
