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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

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 Read More »

The pressure to financialise nature in order to offset destructive practices including carbon and nature credits, and biodiversity net gain

Read our 2022 state of brownfield report which shows that brownfield land for up to 1.2 million homes is lying dormant in England.

Kent-based GrowUp Farms becomes the first approved buyer of carbon units generated by the Heather Corrie Vale wilding project.

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.

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.

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.

A strategy to harness the UK’s world-leading financial services sector to support our climate and environmental objectives.

Final Report of the Independent Review on the Economics of Biodiversity led by Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta.

A framework for scaling up private investment in nature recovery and sustainable farming.

Delivering Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) at landscape scale in South Cambridgeshire to maximise environmental and social outcomes

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…

UK missing out on opportunity for global leadership to make natural capital markets work for farmers, says FFCC

GFI is committed to unlocking private sector finance to support a farming transition in the UK.

Guidance for policy and decision makers to help them consider the value of a natural capital approach.

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 …

In this post, I’ll share a few scientific examples of how the actions within the Sustainable Farming Incentive can support businesses, bring about positive environmental outcomes whilst maintaining — and in some cases boosting — food production.

Reflections from Wes Smyth, Natural England’s Area Manager on how we ensure Dartmoor’s unique wildlife is preserved for future generations. Dartmoor is special, a working landscape with wide open moorland framed by steep intimate wooded valleys and a pastoral moorland …

The Ohio train crash has highlighted concerns about the consequences of pollution - and the impact on soil and water quality if highly hazardous petrochemicals leak into the environment.

Exploring the potential of Biodiversity credits as the default offsetting mechanism