This summer, nearly 300 members of the Connecticut Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) members responded to a survey about biodiversity work. The results conclude that 96 percent of ASLA members are familiar with the impacts of the biodiversity crisis; 45 percent have made biodiversity conservation a top priority of their practice; another 41 percent consider biodiversity as part of their organization’s environmental ethos.
Many members are leveraging projects to increase biodiversity and restore ecosystems, including green infrastructure, parks, corridors, and more. Many are also using a range of planning and design strategies to increase biodiversity. The survey also validated that there are a number of obstacles limiting the ability to increase biodiversity. ASLA and its Biodiversity and Climate Action Committee are working to address these. Explore the full survey results.