Our water guru Yvonne Rees is working closely with Natural Course to find ways to better manage water locally, and on the week the world celebrated World Water Day we asked her what this vital resource means to her. She said: Feeling disconnected Water to me means joy, whether it’s [...]
City centres shut down in spring, slowly opened in summer, and now many are questioning what role they’ll play in an autumn overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic. In August, the UK government launched its post-pandemic ‘Build back better’ stimulus package. Planning restrictions were adapted to boost development, the public were [...]
We need to think innovatively about how we produce value from natural resources to transition to a circular economy. Prior to her appointment at Eunomia, our Consultant Star Molteno completed a project which reviewed how local and small-scale economic engagement with forestry can play a role in establishing sustainable bio-economies. [...]
Our natural world hasn’t always been welcome in our urban landscapes, it has often been pushed back to make space for new housing and public services to satisfy a growing population in cities and towns. As a result, research has attempted to estimate nature’s value, so decision-makers can understand its [...]
Today is Earth Day, an annual event used to show support for environmental protection. Given the current situation, its aim this year is to flood the world with hope, optimism and action. We wanted to make a positive contribution and so our Chairman, Dominic Hogg, and climate emergency specialist, Alex [...]
In 2011, Defra piloted the concept of catchment partnerships as a local mechanism to help deliver good water status and wider environmental benefits. Following the success of initial pilots, catchment partnerships were set up to cover all catchments in England. The partnerships are locally driven and the approaches taken therefore [...]
Working on behalf of Defra, we have completed an analysis of consultation responses on proposals to make biodiversity net gain a requirement for new developments. The proposals come in the context of the UK Government’s ambition to embed the principle of ‘environmental net gain’ into development, as set out in [...]
We recently launched our latest natural capital report, which was presented at the Bristol Avon Catchment Partnership‘s Annual Forum, and provided new evidence that nature-based prescribing could result in savings for the NHS and improved water quality for all. We were commissioned by the Environment Agency to develop an evaluation [...]