Category Archives: Natural Capital Initiative
Ecosystem Knowledge Network website launched
The website of the Ecosystems Knowledge Network (EKN) was launched yesterday at www.ekn.defra.gov.uk. The site provides a gateway to information and resources to help promote understanding of, and the tools to apply, an ‘ecosystems approach’. Video clips and case studies … Continue reading
Economists and Ecologists brought together by issues of sustainable agriculture in an NCI workshop yesterday
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 … Continue reading
GLOBE: an international platform helping legislators to get prepared for Rio + 20
At the Natural Capital Initiative Steering Group meeting this morning we received a very interesting talk about GLOBE International’s work. GLOBE International was founded in 1989 with the aim to tackle pressing environmental challenges through legislation by creating an international … Continue reading
Natural Capital/ Ecosystem Services for Business: New Collaboration Opportunities
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 … Continue reading
Registration now open for NCI Ecologists and Economists Workshop
Applications can now be made to attend the ‘Workshop for Economists and Ecologists’ run by the Natural Capital Initiative. The workshop is aimed at encouraging interdisciplinary cooperation and knowledge exchange between economists and ecologists, with the goal of informing public … Continue reading
DEFRA launches the Ecosystems Knowledge Network
A healthy natural environment is the foundation of a sustainable future with prospering communities. In the UK and elsewhere, pioneering projects are exploring new ways of managing land and sea environments and the benefits people derive from them. In particular, … Continue reading
Defra publishes two reports on the valuation of ecosystem services
The value of ecosystem services provided by the UK’s wildlife and habitats has been estimated in two research reports published by Defra today. These two primary valuation research studies examine benefits people obtain from the natural environment in the UK. … Continue reading
Valuing Nature Network Call for Proposals to Launch Next Week
The NERC Valuing Nature Network (VNN) will release a call for proposals next week with a deadline of 16th September. The VNN is an interdisciplinary network of natural, social and economic scientists. The proposals being sought through this initial phase … Continue reading
Valuing Nature Network to Launch Call in July
On Friday, the BES Policy Team attended a ‘Town Meeting’, organised by the NERC Valuing Nature Network, a programme supported by the Natural Capital Initiative. The meeting was a first step to bring together those who might form interdisciplinary teams … Continue reading
Valuing Nature Network workshops now open for registration
The Valuing Nature Network (VNN) in partnership with Natural Environment Resource Council (NERC) will be running a series of workshops on biodiversity and ecosystem service valuation in London during May 2011. The workshops, supported by the Natural Capital Initiative (NCI), … Continue reading