Natural England is inviting applications for tenders to carry out a Green Infrastructure Valuation Tools Assessment. The aim of this project is to draw together and review the micro-economic Green Infrastructure (GI) valuation tools and the methods available. This project, 'GI - valuation tools assessment' will draw
A new report published by the Partnership for European Environmental Research network (PEER), including the JRC's Institute for Environment and Sustainability, provides case studies on scenarios and monetary valuation for ecosystem services. It also demonstrated how the introduction of the ecosystem services concept into the
A new POSTnote from the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology published online this week explores two approaches to managing land for balancing nature conservation with sustainable food production. The POSTnote Balancing Nature and Agriculture, compares 'land sharing' (the integration of agricultural objectives and wildlife benefits on
The Society of Biology is looking to recruit Members and Chairs from both industry and academia for their Degree Accreditation Assessment Panel. Following a pilot which concluded in March 2012, involving the successful accreditation of four degree programmes, the Society of Biology is now looking to
The 2012 Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Science Symposium, held in association with the 19th meeting of the GBIF Governing Board, will take place at Lillehammer University College in Norway on the 19th September and is open to the public. The theme of this year's
William Watts, NCI Steering Group member from the Welsh Environmental Hub, and part time environmental economist for the Environment Agency, talks to The University of Surrey about ecosystem services. The discussion explores if ecosystem service markets could benefit biodiversity, and looks at the key issues
Rosie Hails, Chair of the Natural Capital Initiative Steering Group, spoke at an event on “Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services for Business: new collaboration opportunities” on the 13 March 2012. The presentation explores how businesses can work with academia to develop new and effective tools
