Ride for Rivers
Monday, June 19, 2017
Are you looking for a new challenge this summer?
Join our team for the challenge of a lifetime and ride for rivers at this year's London to Brighton cycle ride on September 17th 2017!
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EU-funded Online Platform for Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services - Oppla
Monday, June 19, 2017
An online platform developed in the EU which is dedicated to natural capital, ecosystem services and nature-based solutions may soon be going global.
The platform, known as Oppla, was launched in September 2016 by two EU-funded research projects. Since then it has been growing rapidly. Now sixty universities have contributed.
The Rise of Natural Capital Accounting
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Proponents of natural capital claim it could be the answer to the unrelenting decline of nature in the UK that no amount of targets, conventions or agri-environment schemes have arrested.
Natural capital refers to the elements of nature that create benefits for society and is based on accountancy principles: natural capital stocks (such as forests) provide ecosystem services (for example water attenuation) that can be valued in terms of their benefits (such as flood defence) to the economy.
Aldersgate Group Explores Ways to Attract Private Investment in NFM Projects
Thursday, June 15, 2017
The Aldersgate Group has begun a one year green finance project, looking at how to overcome the barriers to investment in natural flood management and green infrastructure.
WWF Guide for NFM Approaches
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Mix of hard and soft approaches needed for NFM says WWF
Flood risk managers should combine multiple methods of hard and soft, structural and non-structural approaches when applying the integrated flood management, a WWF guide to natural flood risk management has recommended.
The Case for Using Green Infrastructure in River Engineering
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Green infrastructure can help protect river banks, reduce flow speeds, is often cheaper than conventional river engineering and provides multiple benefits, according to a new ebook from HR Wallingford.
Together, the ebook says, these are the critical success factors that river engineers can use to overcome the procedural and technical barriers preventing the use of GI approaches in river engineering schemes.
Nine Tenths of England's Floodplains 'No Longer Work Properly'
Thursday, June 15, 2017
A shocking 90% of the country's floodplains are not fit for purpose, according to a new study.
An in-depth scientific study by Co-op Insurance has found nine tenths of England’s floodplains, which store the water from over-flown rivers, have changed to such a degree that they ‘no longer work properly.’
What Can Wet Woodlands do for our Urban Environment?
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
In June 2016, as part of the Natural Course project, City of Trees created a wet woodland in the heart of Salford to help improve the failing water quality of the Worsley Brook. A year on and the wet woodland is now thriving with greenery and wildlife is returning to the area.
Nature of Scotland Awards
Thursday, June 8, 2017
Designed to recognise and celebrate excellence, innovation and outstanding achievement in Scottish nature conservation, we are delighted to announce that the Nature of Scotland Awards will be returning for a sixth year in 2017.
Click here for more information.
Deadline for applications June 12th 2017
The Role of Natural Capital in Catchment Management
Monday, June 5, 2017
“This is an excerpt from a paper given by Donal Daly, manager of the Catchments Unit at the EPA, at a meeting of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (Irish Chapter) in Tullamore in April 2017. It explores the role of natural capital in catchment management and outlines a framework for ‘catchment services’. The full paper can be downloaded here.