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How to do it: A natural capital workbook
A practical guide to using natural capital approaches in making decisions about the environment
Principles of Natural Capital Accounting
A background paper on the concepts and methodology underlying the UK Natural Capital accounts
Improving Natural Capital: An assessment of progress
This report sets out the work done by the Natural Capital Committee in the UK since March 2016. It also makes a series of recommendations to government on developing the 25 year environment plan.
The Hidden Value of Our Green Spaces
Using two parks in the UK, this report highlights the value of well maintained green spaces, not just for amenity and recreation, but the services delivered by soil, grass, flowers, trees and water to provide society and our economy with significant benefits.
Natural Capital: An Overview
The benefits derived from natural resources include food, recreation and clean air and water. The aim of valuing these resources is to quantify better the cost of their degradation. This POSTnote summarises how to value natural capital, discusses the advantages and challenges of approaches and describes some initiatives to secure natural capital for the future.
UK Natural Capital: Monetary Estimates, 2016
Natural assets provide a wide range of environmental services that make human life possible. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) have been developing methods to value these services, aiming to highlight the relative importance of services provided by the UK’s natural assets.
Natural Capital Accounts 2015/16
Forest Enterprise England (FEE) has developed the first organisation-wide Natural Capital Account (NCA). The account covers an area of 254,000 ha, approximately 2% of land in England. The value of the services delivered by England’s woods and forests is estimated to be £11.9bn.
Natural Capital Committee documents
This collections brings together the NCC’s advice, research and publications on the sustainable use of natural capital.
Flood defence: time for a radical rethink
Flood defences and river catchment management will need to adapt and adjust to population and infrastructure changes – but so too will planning, and agricultural policy. This requires a radical rethink, treating rivers as core natural capital.
Natural partners: Why nature conservation and natural capital partners should work together
In this report, we argue that both natural capital and nature protection approaches have something to offer, but that neither is enough on its own.