Great Ecology joined the PLAT Studios team as the ecological consultant for the Miaojing River Redesign project in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, China. The project site is currently a public park and ecological river walk that has been under construction in several phases. The ecological restoration project seeks to establish two distinct sites within the park featuring ecological restoration – one site is an upland forested area currently dominated by mono-cultures of single species forest stands that will be regraded and replanted with native vegetation. The other site is an ecologically degraded part of the Miaojing River which has led to reduced water quality and invasive species, which will be restored and redesigned using a variety of bio-engineering techniques. The end result will improve the ecological function of both sites and the park, while offering improved opportunities for visitors to interact with the environment.
