Policy

National Parks Revisited – a literary review?

Michael Gove’s aptly timed launch of the National Parks review in late May is a step in the right direction for UK environmental commitments – but will key issues be addressed and how well will it pack a punch? Helen Currie, our policy intern and

July 25th, 2018|Policy|

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|

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|

Natural Capital and a Greener Budget

Today, WWF-UK launched a new report: ‘A Greener Budget: sustaining our prosperity in a changing world’, the second in a series of WWF publications in the lead up to the spring budget announcement by HM Treasury. The report sets out practical actions for the next

February 25th, 2016|NCI, Other event, Policy|

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|

Valuing our Life Support Systems summit video released today

Tonight we will launch the report of our second Valuing our Life Support Systems event in Portcullis House in Westminster. Preparing the report and organising the launch inevitably brought back memories of last November’s natural capital summit. There could be no better time to reveal

June 25th, 2015|Business, NCI event, Policy, Science|

What is the role of the environment in the next Parliament?

Little did Daija Angeli, NCI project officer, know that she had one of the “hottest tickets in town” in her pocket when leaving the office to head to the Question Time event “What role for the environment in the next Parliament?” on Tuesday. In the

February 27th, 2015|Business, Other event, Policy|