The True Value of Nature, 2 June 2011
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Caroline Spelman, today launched the findings of the UK National Ecosystem Assessment (UK NEA). The UK NEA, which analyses the value of the UK's natural environment by taking account of the economic, health and social benefits we get from nature, is the first of its kind at a fully national scale. A panel of experts involved in the process answered questions on technical aspects of the assessment and how these findings will be implemented into policy decisions.
The Synthesis of the Key Findings along with the Technical Report, which forms the evidence base, can be downloaded from here.
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Economic Analysis for Ecosystem Service Assessments, Oct 2010
The first output of the UK NEA has recently been published online in the journal Environmental and Resource Economics. The paper, authored by a small team of economists and natural scientists working on the UK NEA, seeks to contribute to the expanding literature on ecosystem service assessment by considering its integration with economic analyses of such services...click here to view the full paper.
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