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	<title>British Ecological Society &#187; Economics</title>
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		<title>Government Office for Science: roles, responsibilities and programmes</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/04/18/government-office-for-science-roles-responsibilities-and-programmes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sir John Beddington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sir Mark Walport]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Government Office for Science: roles, responsibilities and programmes It was all change at the top of evidence based policy in Government this month, with Sir Mark Walport replacing Sir John Beddington as Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA). This role is &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/04/18/government-office-for-science-roles-responsibilities-and-programmes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Assessing the impacts of ash dieback</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/15/assessing-the-impacts-of-ash-dieback/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/15/assessing-the-impacts-of-ash-dieback/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ecology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ash dieback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chalara]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dothistroma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dutch elm disease]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=3362</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Spring is almost upon us, and early signs of budburst mean that trees will soon be in leaf. Warmer temperatures and leafing trees will both have implications for ash dieback, the disease found last year in ash trees in the &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/15/assessing-the-impacts-of-ash-dieback/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Business and the environment: Ecosystems Market Task Force release final report</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/07/business-and-the-environment-ecosystems-market-task-force-release-final-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/07/business-and-the-environment-ecosystems-market-task-force-release-final-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Payment for Ecosystem Services]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=3352</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The value of the environment for business is often underestimated. Although the business world uses natural services and products for operations, it does not always understand its true reliance on nature and the need to value it correctly. Overcoming this &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/07/business-and-the-environment-ecosystems-market-task-force-release-final-report/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>UK&#8217;s Natural Capital Committee beginning to take shape</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/05/18/uks-natural-capital-committee-beginning-to-take-shape/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/05/18/uks-natural-capital-committee-beginning-to-take-shape/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 09:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Natural Capital Initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Environment White Paper]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2795</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman last week announced the appointment of five members to the recently formed independent Natural Capital Committee. The members are experts in the fields of natural science and economics, with a considerable range of specialist knowledge and &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/05/18/uks-natural-capital-committee-beginning-to-take-shape/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Economists and Ecologists brought together by issues of sustainable agriculture in an NCI workshop yesterday</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/05/09/economists-and-ecologists-were-brought-together-by-issues-of-sustainable-agriculture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/05/09/economists-and-ecologists-were-brought-together-by-issues-of-sustainable-agriculture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 10:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Agricultural Policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Natural Capital Initiative]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A workshop which brought together economists and ecologists, and organised by the Natural Capital Initiative, took place yesterday at Charles Darwin House. The aim of the event was to facilitate conversation between experts of the two disciplines to discuss how &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/05/09/economists-and-ecologists-were-brought-together-by-issues-of-sustainable-agriculture/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Allowing Humanity to Flourish in a Crowded World</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/04/27/allowing-humanity-to-flourish-in-a-crowded-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/04/27/allowing-humanity-to-flourish-in-a-crowded-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Royal Society yesterday published &#8216;People and the Planet&#8216;, a report which marks the end of nearly two years of work by a group including both the British Ecological Society&#8217;s current President, Professor Georgina Mace FRS and a past-President of &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/04/27/allowing-humanity-to-flourish-in-a-crowded-world/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental organisations react to the Chancellor&#8217;s 2012 Budget</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/03/22/environmental-organisations-react-to-the-chancellors-2012-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/03/22/environmental-organisations-react-to-the-chancellors-2012-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2636</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Chancellor George Osborne yesterday announced the UK’s new budget for 2012. With the Government’s election pledge to be ‘the greenest government ever’, environmental groups were anxious to see whether the proposed financial measures for the coming year would reflect &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/03/22/environmental-organisations-react-to-the-chancellors-2012-budget/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ecosystem service valuation to involve local communities in Scotland</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/02/01/ecosystem-service-valuation-to-involve-local-communities-in-scotland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/02/01/ecosystem-service-valuation-to-involve-local-communities-in-scotland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Valuing Nature]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2462</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Communities in Scotland could be encouraged to use a newly developed &#8216;toolkit&#8217; to assign values to the local ecosystem services they depend on. A summary report published by the Highland Council reveals plans for two initial pilot studies in the &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/02/01/ecosystem-service-valuation-to-involve-local-communities-in-scotland/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Capital/ Ecosystem Services for Business: New Collaboration Opportunities</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/01/20/natural-capital-ecosystem-services-for-business-new-collaboration-opportunities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/01/20/natural-capital-ecosystem-services-for-business-new-collaboration-opportunities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2379</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday 13th March 2012 The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) 1 Carlton House Terrace, London Business has been put at the centre of the stage to deliver the sustainable economy that the Government pledges to provide in the &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/01/20/natural-capital-ecosystem-services-for-business-new-collaboration-opportunities/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Valuing Ecosystems: Policy, Economic &amp; Management Interactions &#8211; April 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/01/19/valuing-ecosystems-policy-economic-management-interactions-april-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/01/19/valuing-ecosystems-policy-economic-management-interactions-april-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[SAC and SEPA Biennial Conference]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[SAC &#38; SEPA BIENNIAL CONFERENCE (in association with Forest Research, the James Hutton Institute and Scottish Natural Heritage) 3-4 April 2012, Edinburgh Integrated management of our agricultural and forestry landscapes is essential to the delivery of multiple ecosystem services. However, &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/01/19/valuing-ecosystems-policy-economic-management-interactions-april-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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