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Green care for mental health – new report on best practices in social prescribing

Copyright: Natural England/Robin Chittenden We all know that spending time in nature is good for our minds and our bodies. There is now a plethora of research on the links between natural environments and human health (Defra recently published an evidence statement providing

March 31st, 2017|External reports|

Natural Capital Committee launches 4th report

The fourth report of the Natural Capital Committee (NCC) was launched at Defra headquarters in Nobel House on Wednesday night. Daija Angeli attended on behalf of NCI. The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs was busy, Dieter Helm said, with “this little

February 10th, 2017|External reports|

NCI Dialogue report ‘Putting the Ecosystem Approach into Practice’ now available

In September, the Natural Capital Initiative hosted a dialogue event entitled ‘Putting the Ecosystem Approach into Practice’. The report of this meeting has just been launched. The meeting was hosted by Kerry Waylen and Kirsty Blackstock, social scientists based at the James Hutton Institute in

December 17th, 2015|NCI, NCI event|

How to Lead the Way on Earth Observation

A focus of NERC Policy Fellow with the Natural Capital Initiative and Royal Society of Biology James Borrell 's work with us was analysing the current state and future directions of natural capital monitoring. Before he returns to his PhD thesis he shares his views

July 24th, 2015|External reports, Science|

Valuing our Life Support Systems report launch

Researchers, business leaders and policymakers gathered at Portcullis House last night for the launch of the Natural Capital Initiative’s “Valuing our Life Support Systems” summit report. Chaired by Barry Gardiner MP, speakers Mike Acreman (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology), Rosie Hails (Centre for Ecology and

June 26th, 2015|Business, NCI, NCI event, Policy, Science|