Wherever there are birds, there is hope’: how businesses can contribute to creating bird friendly environments in cities

This paper explores the need for businesses to be shifting their working practices in urban environments to take greater responsibility for the natural environment and how policy measures are influencing (or not) current business behaviours. There is a considerable amount of literature about the development of urban biodiversity along with the recognition of the complex range of stakeholders in cities but the intention here is to build on this extant knowledge to examine actions that may be taken by businesses in encouraging bird friendlier environments, citing examples of best practice and to highlight their wide-ranging benefits for different stakeholders (including the businesses themselves ( Donnelly and Marzluff, 2006).