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The environmental digital twin for land and nature.

One model of your land, water and nature, from a single field to a whole nation. Satellite, LiDAR, radar and field records fused on one grid, and a loop back to the ground that scores every forecast. Natural capital assessment, TNFD evidence and water stewardship, from one environmental digital twin.

Field to nationOne grid, the same rules at every scale
Both waysData in, decisions out, forecasts scored
Every cell traceableSource, date, licence and model

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Five sources, one state

A digital twin for nature fuses every source into one state.

Terrain, water, peat depth, condition and ground motion are not stacked as separate maps. They are fused, cell by cell, into one state of the land, each value labelled measured or modelled and traceable to its source, date and version.

  • 5
    Independent sources in every cellIn the square shown: LiDAR terrain, the river network, peat probes, condition and satellite ground motion, fused rather than overlaid.
  • 10 m
    One grid from field to nationThe same cell and the same evidence rules at every scale, so no two scales ever disagree.
  • 1 m
    Measured terrain underneathWhere 1 m LiDAR exists, every layer sits on it, so water, slope and drainage follow the real ground.
Exploded stack of five mapped data layers over one upland square, resolving to a single cell readout.
Five sources, one stateFive independent layers over the same 5 km upland square, fused to a single cell state. Terrain, water, peat depth, condition and ground motion, each labelled measured or modelled, with the confidence row left as a designed slot.

What makes it a twin

A map that updates is a digital shadow. A twin answers back.

The US National Academies define a digital twin by one property above all: a two-way link between the virtual and the physical. Data flows in from the land, decisions flow back out to it, and the next observation scores the forecast. Without that return path, it is a shadow with a reporting layer.

Digital modelBuilt onceA survey report or a GIS layer. Accurate on the day, then out of date.
Digital shadowFed one wayLayers refresh from each satellite pass. Nothing goes back to the ground, and nothing is checked.
Nature digital twinBoth ways, and scoredDecisions return to the land, the work is observed, and every forecast is marked against the result.
Cartographic loop over a real upland site showing data, decision, action and the return pass.
The loop that makes it a twinThe closed loop drawn over the real site: the satellite pass, the twin, the person deciding, the work on the ground, and the next pass scoring the forecast. One way only is a digital shadow, not a twin.

The seven tests of a nature digital twin

The standard Vireo builds to, and the one to hold any environmental digital twin against.

  1. Perceive by fusingOptical, radar, LiDAR, drone and ground records in one state, not stacked layers.
  2. Remember everythingEvery value traceable to its source, date, version and model.
  3. Diagnose, not just detectSay why the land changed: drains, grazing, burn, drought or the sensor.
  4. Forecast with uncertaintyA number without a band is a claim the model has not earned.
  5. Validate against the groundPublish how wrong it has been, site by site, and tighten.
  6. Plan under uncertaintyRank interventions by outcome, cost and confidence.
  7. Close the loopObserve the work, update the twin and score the earlier forecast.

Definition: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Foundational Research Gaps and Future Directions for Digital Twins (2024). Model, shadow and twin: Kritzinger et al. (2018).

One twin, any scale

One nature digital twin, from a single 10 m cell to a whole nation.

An island nation of 833 million cells, a catchment, an upland region, an estate, a field. One environmental digital twin holds them all with the same grid and the same evidence rules, so a national park can be asked a question about any farm inside it, and the answer agrees.

Six panels from island nation to a single cell, each at its own real mapped detail.
One twin, any scaleThe same cell grid and evidence rules from an island nation of 833 million cells down to a single 10 m cell, each panel at its own real detail, placed on a true logarithmic area axis.
National park mapped as one connected system of terrain, habitat, protected sites and settlement.
A national park, held as one systemA whole national park carried as a single connected model: terrain, habitat, protected sites, water, settlement and access, every layer measured and every boundary real.
Six thematic maps of the same ground on one shared grid, from terrain to access.
Six themes, one gridTerrain, habitat, protected sites, water, people and assets, and access, held on one shared cell grid over the same ground, so any theme can be asked a question about any other.

Step inside

Step inside the twin.

A 5 km upland square at 2 m and a 20 km national park block at 5 m, with satellite imagery, water, protected sites and buildings. Cut the cube to see the peat below, play ground motion from 2020 to 2024, and inspect any cell.

Terrain: Environment Agency LiDAR, OGL v3.0. Imagery: Copernicus Sentinel-2. Peat body modelled and illustrative. Open the Nature Twin Explorer full screen

What one twin answers

Natural capital, nature risk and water, answered from one model.

  1. Natural capital assessment

    Habitat, soil carbon, water and access held as one baseline for every hectare, so a natural capital account is read from the twin, not assembled from reports.

  2. TNFD LEAP and nature risk

    Locate and evaluate for every site in a portfolio: sensitive locations, dependencies and impacts on one record, traceable to source, ready for TNFD and ISSB-aligned disclosure.

  3. Water stewardship

    Every watercourse in a catchment, source to sea, with the regulator's own verdict at each monitoring site, so water risk and catchment plans start from the same map.

  4. Landscape recovery and LNRS

    A national park, a recovery cluster or a local nature recovery strategy area held as one system, with the opportunity, the constraint and the owner on the same grid.

  5. Biodiversity and habitat monitoring

    Habitat, condition and protected sites tracked pass by pass, with change attributed to a cause before anyone reports it as a gain or a loss.

  6. Carbon, peat and credit evidence

    The chain a verifier reads backwards, from credit to pixel, built in as the twin runs, for routes such as the Peatland Code, the Woodland Carbon Code and Verra.

River network of a whole catchment with monitoring sites coloured by water quality status.
One catchment, source to seaEvery mapped watercourse in a 92 km catchment with the regulator's own water quality verdict at each of 296 monitoring sites, and the worst assessed element for all 77 water bodies in frame.
Six stage evidence chain from satellite pixel to issued carbon credit, readable in reverse.
From pixel to creditThe evidence chain a carbon credit rests on, drawn so a verifier can read it backwards from the credit to the pixel. Schematic; no tonnage, price or accuracy figure is shown.

Built to be trusted

It shows where it is sure, and stops where a person must decide.

A twin that hides its weak spots cannot be acted on. Vireo publishes the distance from every cell to its nearest measured evidence, sends the next survey where the evidence is thin, and stops one rung short of acting on your land, because a person decides.

Map of an upland square shaded by distance to the nearest measured peat probe.
Where the twin is sure, and where it is notDistance from every cell to the nearest measured peat probe. Only 5 per cent of the square has a probe within 250 m. Publishing the weak spots is what lets a buyer act on the rest.
Two parallel capability ladders showing where the twin acts alone and where a person decides.
Two ladders, one boundaryThe twin can reach the top of the ladder on its own evidence. On your land it stops one rung lower, because a person decides. The boundary is a design choice, not a current limitation.
Staircase of digital twin capability levels from standalone through predictive to autonomous.
How far a twin can goThe capability ladder from standalone model to autonomous, drawn as a staircase. Each tread states what the twin does at that level and what it must prove first. No market position is claimed.

How it works

Send a boundary and a decision. Get back a twin and a plan.

  1. Send the boundary and the question

    An estate, a portfolio of sites, a catchment, a park or a region, the decision it serves, and the surveys you already hold.

  2. We build the twin

    Open satellite, LiDAR, radar, habitat and water data fused on one grid, with your own records placed on the same model and every source logged.

  3. Twin, evidence and next step

    The twin with its evidence map, the answers to your question, and the surveys that would strengthen it, scored against what happens next.

Who it is for

Corporates and finance

Nature risk, water stewardship and natural capital evidence across every site and supply region, ready for TNFD and ISSB-aligned reporting.

Governments and public bodies

National parks, catchments, biodiversity and recovery strategies, and national natural capital accounts held as one model.

Consultancies and advisers

An evidence layer under your own advice, for clients from a single estate to a national programme.

Start with one estate, catchment or park

A first twin, scoped to your decision.

The twin briefs, and sits alongside, the field surveys and advice your decision needs.

Each twin starts with one boundary and the decision it serves, then grows to the portfolio, the catchment or the nation on the same grid. We confirm the data covers your land before anything is agreed.

See my land as a twin
Built to the published standardTwo-way by design, after the National Academies definition, with FAIR data practice and the UK Gemini principles for national digital twins.
Your data stays yoursYour surveys and sensors are used for your twin only. Contributing them to research is your choice, under a separate agreement.
Every claim carries its evidenceMeasured or modelled, source and licence on every layer, and outcomes tested under rules fixed before the data exist.

Questions

Figures are built from data Vireo holds or acquired openly, with sources on each figure. Places are shown as examples of scale, not client sites. The water quality map is the regulator's record of assessment from 2009 to 2022, not current status. Confidence values are added only once a sealed test fills them. Carbon and credit figures are schematic.

What is an environmental digital twin?

An environmental digital twin is a model of a real landscape that is kept up to date from its physical counterpart, forecasts what happens next, and informs the decisions taken on the ground. Vireo fuses satellite, LiDAR, radar and field records on one grid, keeps every cell traceable to its source, and scores each forecast against the next observation.

What is the difference between a digital twin and a digital shadow?

A digital shadow is fed by data one way, from the ground to the screen. A digital twin also sends something back: a decision, an intervention or a survey, and then checks the result. The US National Academies (2024) describe that two-way link as central to any digital twin. A map that refreshes is a shadow; a nature digital twin closes the loop.

How large can a nature digital twin be?

Any size. The same 10 m grid and the same evidence rules run from a single field to a catchment, a national park and a whole nation of more than 800 million cells, so the national picture and the field reading never disagree at the boundary.

How does a digital twin support TNFD and natural capital assessment?

TNFD's LEAP approach asks an organisation to locate its interfaces with nature, evaluate dependencies and impacts, assess risks and prepare disclosures. A twin holds the locate and evaluate evidence for every site on one record, traceable to source, so natural capital assessment, nature risk and disclosure draw on the same numbers.

How often does the twin update?

On every satellite pass, every new survey and every new public dataset, with each state dated and versioned. Nature changes over passes and seasons, so every change the twin reports states its seasonal basis.

Does the twin make decisions on its own?

No, and by design. The twin can task a survey, re-score a site, raise an alert and draft a report on its own evidence. Anything that changes your land waits for a person to decide, because nature interventions are slow, costly and often irreversible.

What data does the twin use?

Open and licensed data first: Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2, LiDAR terrain, European ground motion, habitat and protected site boundaries, river networks and regulator water body classifications, with your own surveys, probes and sensors placed on the same grid. Every layer is labelled measured or modelled, with its licence logged.

Do you replace field surveys?

No. The twin shows where the evidence is thin and sends the next survey there, then places your results on the same record. Fewer, better placed field visits, each one adding to the model.

Every hectare you manage, held as one model. Shall we build yours?

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