Are Local Planning Authorities ready to monitor mandatory BNG? – by Richard
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Remote work could cut the value of office buildings by $800 billion by 2030 — with San Francisco facing a 'dire outlook,' McKinsey predicts
McKinsey's report says San Francisco is set to fare the worst of the nine major cities, facing a "dire outlook" with a 20% drop in office demand.
What farmers in England need to know about the 2023 ‘pick and mix’ Sustainable Farming Incentive
The scheme has recently been revised, with the latest version differing from last year’s.
Ghanaian Farmers Work Together for Organic Certification
Farmers across region have created their own system, with support from international bodies, to certify organic produce
Palladium - For Nature Restoration, What's Working in the UK Could Work in
The Biodiversity Metric 4.0 - JP039
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The rise of woodland off-gridders: ‘It makes more sense than a nine-to-five
Are self-sufficient rural communities an idea whose time has come? A few years ago, councils and neighbours tended to write them off as hippies. Now attitudes are changing
Conservation covenants for investors
‘Drought is on the verge of becoming the next pandemic’ | Water | The Guard
The long read: While the world becomes drier, profit and pollution are draining our resources. We have to change our approach
The economy and banks depend on nature to survive - 8.9ha
… The economy and banks depend on nature to survive Read More »
The pressure to capitalise on nature - Real Farming Trust
The pressure to financialise nature in order to offset destructive practices including carbon and nature credits, and biodiversity net gain
State of brownfield report 2022 - CPRE
Read our 2022 state of brownfield report which shows that brownfield land for up to 1.2 million homes is lying dormant in England.
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Abandoned golf course is transformed into wildlife haven
Kent-based GrowUp Farms becomes the first approved buyer of carbon units generated by the Heather Corrie Vale wilding project.
The 'black gold' that could help fight climate change for centuries to come
One farmer told Sky News the technique almost seemed too good to be true, but there's real hope it could help the UK reach net zero.
Land Use, Spatial Data, and the Future of Farming: Land App’s response to the Geospatial Commission’s report on the land use framework. - Land App
The Land App Team analyse today's report released by the Geospatial Commission on the land use framework and the pressing need for reliable and authoritative data to underpin these demands and transitions.
None of the world's top industries would be profitable if they paid for the natural capital they use
A sobering new study finds that the world's biggest industries burn through $7.3 trillion worth of free natural capital a year. And it's the only reason they turn a profit.
Green finance strategy - GOV.UK
A strategy to harness the UK’s world-leading financial services sector to support our climate and environmental objectives.
Final Report - The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review - GOV.UK
Final Report of the Independent Review on the Economics of Biodiversity led by Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta.
Nature markets - GOV.UK
A framework for scaling up private investment in nature recovery and sustainable farming.
Biodiversity Net Gain Scheme - Lower Valley Farm | Bidwells
Delivering Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) at landscape scale in South Cambridgeshire to maximise environmental and social outcomes
The Great Theft
The Great Theft is a free chapter from Reconnection: Fixing our Broken Relationship with Nature which was published by Pelagic 25 April. Reconnection is split into three parts, the first covering t…
New analysis of natural capital markets - Food, Farming and Countryside Com
UK missing out on opportunity for global leadership to make natural capital markets work for farmers, says FFCC
Financing a Farming Transition
GFI is committed to unlocking private sector finance to support a farming transition in the UK.
Enabling a Natural Capital Approach (ENCA) - GOV.UK
Guidance for policy and decision makers to help them consider the value of a natural capital approach.
Biodiversity Net Gain, England
Financial case study, 100 hectare site
Investment Readiness Toolkit
Biodiversity Net Gain – more than just a number - Natural England
It has been great to see the growing amount of coverage in the news about Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), including a recent episode of BBC Countryfile. Under the Government’s flagship Environment Bill, both Town and Country Planning Act (TCPA) and …