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The Natural Capital Laboratory - forming a digitally integrated social and natural capital account
Thursday 4th June 2020, 1 - 2pm.
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The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation has published a report entitled Emerging funding opportunities for the natural environment today, 26th February 2020. It contains a review of the current landscape for innovative funding of environmental enhancement across the UK. The review was completed by Environmental Finance Ltd and Ecosystems Knowledge Network, with funding and support from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.
EKN is hosting a new on-line presentation and Q&A that introduces the Enabling a Natural Capital Approach resource developed by Defra. View the presentation and find out more.
The Natural Capital Committe released its seventh report yesterday, 16th January.
There's lots in there:
This is the last call to register for our webinar on 'Green finance for natural capital', taking on 16th January at 1 pm. It is open to all members of the Natural Capital Investment Forum.
Before Easter, we have training on three topics central to our mission. Places are filling up fast, so book soon.
Responding to the interests of its members and the growing discussion about treeplanting and woodland creation in relation to climate change mitigation and adaptation, EKN is delighted to announce the Accelerating Woodland Creation Conference, taking place on 25th March 2020.
The Ecosystems Knowledge Network is very pleased to have been shortlisted for the IEMA Sustainability Impact Awards. Our submission is for the Natural Capital Investment Conference and Natural Capital Investment Forum. We look forward to learning the outcome of the judge's decision this autumn.
Their findings can now be accessed for the ecosystem services of small and medium stature trees and large stature trees. This research was informed by the i-Tree Eco model.
Collectively, these Research Reports will be useful to those engaged in urban forestry management by helping to identify which tree species may be favoured for the delivery of particular ecosystem services through selective planting.
The Ecosystems Knowledge Network are excited to reveal the upcoming Future Planning conference. This event will run on the 8th October 2019 in Glasgow.
Continuing trends towards urbanisation and the pressing realities of a climate emergency require us to urgently revaluate how we plan, design and build the ways we live in and move around our urban environments. A step change in the scale, pace and culture of delivery is needed.
Late last year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report informing the world that there were only 12 years remaining to make the changes necessary in order to avoid the most severe effects of climate change.
New blog from the Ecosystems Knowledge Network Director Bruce Howard on the recent IPBES Report.
26 February 2019
An ambitious new initiative aims to pioneer new ways of funding nature conservation in Scotland through the launch of the £1 Billion Challenge.
Led by the Scottish Wildlife Trust and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), the Scottish Conservation Finance Project aims to generate new forms of investment in Scotland’s stocks of natural capital (1) in ways that will deliver significant environmental, social and economic benefits, as well as returns for investors.