Slinden Estate (Chalk Soil Management for National Trust)
The National Trust recognises that knowledge of soils is very important in the management of both farmland and wildlife habitat. Also, that soil contains 'natural capital' essential to the functioning of land. The Trust were proposing to alter the management of part of their extensive chalkland Slinden Estate in West Sussex to better provide for a more diverse, mixed and sustainable agricultural land use. In order to better understand the function of soils in the sustainable management of their land, we were commissioned by the Trust to undertake detailed soil mapping, review the properties of the soil and advise on soil-based options for alternative land management. These studies have ensured that the Trust can take full account of soil properties in the sustainable management of their land for both agriculture and to enhance biodiversity.
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