There is now a myriad of methodologies to measure natural capital and ecosystem services - so how do practitioners choose the right one? Charlotte Whitham explains how valuation can be done within the realistic limits on access to time, data, skills and resources, and what
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
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
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
Are we going to be the first generation to leave the natural environment in a better state than we inherited it from our parents? If the Government takes up the recommendations of the Natural Capital Committee (NCC) we still have a chance to achieve this
At NCI’s Natural Capital Summit ‘Valuing our Life Support Systems 2104’ on the 6th & 7th November, there will be a session highlighting positive land and water management case studies. In the run up to the event, Steering Group member Bill Watts asks, why is there a problem
Daija Angeli, project officer in the Natural Capital Initiative (NCI), works with the term natural capital every day. When a member of NCI’s Steering Group mentioned that people don’t know what it means until you tell them about bumblebees and apple trees, as tickets go
