The second State of Natural Capital Report - published by the UK’s Natural Capital Committee - says that too often the environment is taken for granted, and calls for a 25-year-long natural capital plan so that Britain can enjoy the “economic and well being benefits.” It highlights natural capital as an important player in the UK’s economy and society, and calls for the government to invest in it. Chair of the committee, economist Dieter Helm, writes in the report, “Integrating the environment into the economy is hampered by the almost complete absence of proper accounting for natural assets.”