09 Aug 2015

Valuing ecosystem services – WWF has produced two reports this year that relates to the ocean economy (http://www.wwf.org.uk/about_wwf/press_centre/?unewsid=7544 and http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/how_we_work/conservation/marine/news/?247658/Increased-protection-would-provide-big-boost-to-the-ocean-economy ) and in addition the four main organisations in Link have been working with NEF on a new approach to impact assessments for the second tranche of MCZs that does a better job of valuing […]

06 Jul 2015

Mark Smith – Economist viewpoint     Our economic growth agendas of today risk playing dice with poverty reduction and prosperity if water risks continue to go unrecognised, argues Mark Smith, director of the IUCN Global Water Programme. Can you manage what you don’t measure?  Produce such as coffee, cotton, and oil are traded commodities that are […]

08 Jun 2015

The National trust are this year celebrating 50 years of the Neptune Campaign – to read more about what has been achieved go to go:   http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/article-1355896103616/ The NT have also launched their vision for the coast highlighting the value of coastal paths http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1349130853498&ssbinary=true

18 May 2015

ABPmer has carried out a review of the costs that are typically incurred for managed realignment projects in the UK.  The findings are presented in a short ‘Briefing Note’ that is available on our Online Marine Registry (OMReg) at www.omreg.net/published-reports.  This review has been prepared using our OMReg coastal adaptation database and it draws upon […]

29 Aug 2014

Sept 24th;   Chris Vivian: With regard to the ‘Monetizing Nature’ item, you might be interested in these additional reports/comments from the Heinrich Boll foundation on the same subject – see: https://www.boell.de/en/2014/01/21/valuing-natural-capital-or-devaluing-nature https://www.boell.de/en/2014/05/09/new-economy-nature https://www.boell.de/en/2014/04/11/value-nature   Sept 2nd This is an interesting article which provides an overview of the current tensions on monetising nature. Barbara Unmüßig August […]