Private Sector

The private sector includes all sorts of businesses, from small local companies to huge global firms. While these companies aim to make money, many also help protect nature and fight climate change.

What do they do?

Some smaller companies advise farmers and landowners, helping them manage their land in ways that benefit both their business and nature. For example, they might suggest how to manage wetlands to support wildlife.

Other companies work on big building projects, like new houses, roads, or wind farms. Sometimes, these projects can harm the environment, so private-sector ecologists step in to check if wildlife or habitats might be affected. They figure out how the project can go ahead with as little damage as possible—or even create new opportunities for nature to thrive. If the damage is too great, the project might not go forward.

Large companies also hire experts to manage data and mapping, helping ecologists get the most out of their wildlife surveys.

Specialist services

Some private sector jobs offer really cool, high-tech services. For example, drones can be used to survey areas from the air, or dogs can be trained to sniff out rare species. There’s even a technique called eDNA that can detect animals in ponds just by testing the water!

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