Natural England has published a major new report warning that urgent action is needed now to restore nature and place it at the heart of decision making processes.

 The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee will continue its inquiry on the role of natural capital in the green economy, with an evidence session exploring how data, standards and monitoring contribute to effective natural capital markets.

The deadline for written submissions to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee inquiry into revising the traditional measure of UK economic prosperity to take greater account of natural capital and environmental sustainability closes at noon on Friday this week.

A new report by the Rivers Trust finds that England’s rivers, canals, lakes and ponds provide annual fisheries economic benefits in excess of £1.7 billion, plus numerous wider health and biodiversity benefits.

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has updated the Enabling a Natural Capital Approach (ENCA)guidance it published in January 2020 for policy and decision makers to help them consider the value of a natural capital approach.

An independent, global review on the Economics of Biodiversity commissioned by HM Treasury is warning that a fundamental change in how we think about and approach economics is needed if we are to reverse biodiversity loss and protect and enhance our prosperity.

The preservation and restoration of Europe’s largely degraded floodplains, must be better prioritised according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report published today.

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has launched a new natural capital tool to help protect the environment in the form of a new online resource for measuring natural capital.

The Natural Capital Committee, the government’s independent advisor on natural capital, is warning that the government’s current environmental policies leave “vast holes in environmental protection” and “a gaping hole in legal enforcement.

Yorkshire Water has signed up to the Natural Capital Commitment which will see the utility commit to working with partner organisations, and working with nature, to create better outcomes for the environment, together with sharing the outcomes of its natural capital assessments publicly.