Prof Pippa Chapman
2024
Pippa Chapman is a soil scientist in the School of Geography at the University of Leeds. She is working in the interdisciplinary field of land and water management. Her research focuses on sustainable agriculture, land management, soil health, climate change, nutrient cycling, water quality, hedgerows and peatlands. Over the last eight years, she has been evaluating the ecosystem services delivered by hedgerows, including climate change mitigation, flood alleviation and biodiversity.
My Sessions
Hedgerow Safari
Mature hedgerows provide significant benefits for farming, from shelter for livestock to reducing soil erosion. They are also crucial in supporting farmland biodiversity, including providing pollen and nectar for bees and insects that pollinate our crops. Hedgerows also sequester carbon in their biomass and soil, and can provide flood risk alleviation. So join us for […]
Hedgerow Safari
Mature hedgerows provide significant benefits for farming, from shelter for livestock to reducing soil erosion. They are also crucial in supporting farmland biodiversity, including providing pollen and nectar for bees and insects that pollinate our crops. Hedgerows also sequester carbon in their biomass and soil, and can provide flood risk alleviation. So join us for […]
Aiming High for Hedgerows
Hedgerows are an iconic part of the British landscape with lots of practical, ecological and aesthetic value. But an enormous amount of a once extensive hedgerow network has been lost. To address this, in its Environmental Improvement Plan (2023) the Government has set the target to create or restore 30,000 miles of hedgerow by 2037 […]