Posted on 18th October 2024

Watch our ‘Shooting Sustainably: Protecting Biodiversity’ series of videos now

Articles, BFI Sustainable Screen, Biodiversity, Sustainable Production

Productions often make considerations for the environment when filming in nature, but have you considered all the ways your shoot could impact biodiversity?

We’ve teamed up with industry experts to explore key areas of production that can contribute to biodiversity loss and to provide practical solutions to preserve it, with many key points that may not immediately come to mind!

See all the videos below.

🌍 Land Use: Nicholas Day from The Crown Estate highlights how to check the sensitivity of an area and minimise land use change.

🍽️ Catering: Emily Williams from Doing Good Catering explains how cutting down on dairy and meat can support biodiversity.

🌿 Greens: David Searle from Palmbrokers shares how you can inadvertently introduce non-native or diseased plants to your shoot location and how to avoid it.

🔦 Light & Noise: Amelia Price from Sustainable Film discusses how light and noise pollution from shoots can impact wildlife and how to mitigate these effects.

♻️ Waste Management: Marc Todd from Hazgreen covers how to handle waste and how every department can contribute to avoiding environmental contamination.

For more resources, take a look at our biodiversity page here.

The ‘Shooting Sustainably: Protecting Biodiversity’ series has been made possible with funding from the BFI National Lottery Sustainable Screen Fund, which supports all BFI National Lottery awardees in building understanding and action on making positive environmental change and sharing information to benefit the wider sector.