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So far Jackie Caine has created 14 blog entries.

Natural Capital Protocol – An Introduction

Today the Natural Capital Coalition launched the highly anticipated Natural Capital Protocol. So what is the Protocol, and how does it fit with the increase in ‘natural capital activity’ we’ve seen in the last few years? Here is a brief introduction to the protocol, the

July 13th, 2016|Business, Collaboration, External reports|

Natural Capital & Mental Health: Dementia

Guest blogger Dr Lindsay Walker explores the emerging evidence that utilising our natural capital can have on mental health. This article, the first in a series of blogs, looks at ‘green interventions’ and dementia. The UK population is ageing. By 2030, the number of people

June 30th, 2016|NCI, Science|

Making WAVES

WAVES – the Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services partnership led by the World Bank, recently held its sixth annual meeting where it celebrated an important milestone – the implementation of natural capital accounting in its first five core countries; Botswana, Colombia, Costa

June 25th, 2016|External reports, Policy, Science|

Nature, Health & Wellbeing Research

Feeling Better? How does nature affect our physical and mental health? Most of us can attest to nature making us ‘feel better’ – an invigorating hike, a relaxing picnic in the park, even a quick cup of tea in the garden, can restore

June 20th, 2016|NCI|

Ecosystem Services & Biodiversity

Last week, Science for Environment Policy published an in-depth report on Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity, which explores a range of issues including the evidence on whether an ecosystem approach succeeds in protecting biodiversity; mapping techniques of the state of ecosystems and their services and how

May 16th, 2016|External reports, Policy, Science|

Obituary: Dr Barbara Knowles FRSB MBE

Dr Barbara Knowles FRSB MBE was a founding leader of the Natural Capital Initiative, and has been involved in our work ever since. Sadly Barbara passed away earlier this month. NCI joins the Royal Society of Biology in sadness at her death and in celebrating

April 26th, 2016|NCI|

Building Prosperous Cities

Bruce Howard, the Network Co-ordinator of the Ecosystems Knowledge Network writes about the upcoming conference 'Building Prosperous Cities' on 27 September 2016 where the view of natural capital will be outwards from the City Hall, the office block and the housing block.   The classic image of natural capital

April 25th, 2016|NCI|