Biodiversity, measured from space

See The Nature
In Your Supply Chain

Map biodiversity across your farms from satellite, turning land into data you can act on. Reward farmers, build resilience, and meet the EU's 10% target by 2030.

ODOS Tech habitat map of a supplier farm, classified from satellite
15.7%
Space for Nature
Productive grassland Seminatural grassland Broadleaf woodland Hard surface
Carbery

Biodiversity Results

Enda Buckley
Enda Buckley Director of Sustainability, Carbery Group

“At Carbery, we wanted to better understand the biodiversity resource that exists across our supplier base and establish a meaningful baseline for the future.”

01 · Scale

We Mapped 90% of Carbery's Supplier Base

Carbery's first complete biodiversity baseline. We classified every supplier farm from satellite, turning scattered land into one clear, comparable picture of the region's nature.

980
Supplier farms assessed
64,800 ha
Farmland mapped
Carbery supplier farms mapped from above, habitats in colour Carbery supplier farms from above, before assessment
Before After · farms assessed

The colours represent Carbery's 980 dairy farms and their habitats mapped in West Cork, Ireland

The share of Carbery's land dedicated to nature, production and built area

The share of Carbery's land dedicated to nature, production, and built area.

02 · Result

Nearly A Fifth Is Space For Nature

Nature-rich habitat covers far more of the landscape than you would expect in productive dairy country. Clear proof that milk and nature can thrive side by side.

19.3%
Space for Nature
100%
Of Carbery's 4 cooperatives above the EU targetOf cooperatives above EU target
03 · Habitats

A Living Network Across The Land

Hedgerows, woodland, scrub and semi-natural grassland weave through the farms. The living network that keeps the landscape resilient and gives wildlife room to move.

4,780 km
Hedgerow mapped
6,458 ha
Semi-natural grassland
Carbery land cover habitats mapped from above
Hedgerow
Broadleaf woodland
Conifer woodland
Semi-natural grassland

The habitat classifications of one of Carbery's farms

Friesland Campina

Combining Dairy Production and Nature

Pablo Modernel is Program Manager, Farm Nature at Friesland Campina, helping farmers turn biodiversity research into practice at scale.

“Adding herbage species in the grassland gives us milk from one side and a benefit for insects on the other.”

Pablo Modernel Program Manager Farm Nature, Friesland Campina

What Is Space for Nature?

Space for Nature refers to the share of farmland set aside for natural or semi-natural habitats, like hedgerows, woodlands, ponds, and grasslands. These areas support pollinators, protect soil and water, and create corridors for wildlife. The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 sets a target: 10% of all agricultural land should include these high-diversity features to help restore ecosystems and strengthen sustainability.

  • Share of farmland set aside for natural habitats.

  • Supports biodiversity and ecosystem health.

  • EU demands 10% of farmland dedicated to space for nature.

The EU 2030 Target

The European Union has set a target for having 10% of agricultural land under ‘High diversity landscape Features’ by 2030. This creates a clear standard: a farm with >10% habitat can be considered ‘Biodiverse’, meeting the EU Space for Nature target.

The Biodiversity Crisis

How We Measure Space for Nature

Usted proporciona la ubicación, nosotros entregamos los datos.

Satellite Imagery

Just tell us where to map. We match your farm boundaries using 50 cm satellite imagery, to extract parcels. This lets us identify key features like fields, forests, hedgerows, water bodies and more in minutes.

AI Land Cover Classification

We use Object-Based Image Analysis (OBIA) and AI to turn satellite images into habitat maps. The system groups pixels into shapes like fields or tree lines, then uses trained models to classify each one, based on 39,000+ real-world examples.

Land Use Scoring Engine

Our Space for Nature metric translates complex habitat data into a simple score: the percentage of natural or semi-natural habitat within the total farm area. This provides a clear measure of compliance with EU 2030 biodiversity targets and allows companies to track progress over time.

Platform Capabilities

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See The Nature In Your Supply Chain

We’ll show you a credible biodiversity baseline, the farms already doing the work, and how every action your farmers take to protect or restore nature can be measured, rewarded, and reported.