Defra Updated 24 November 2020 The Green Book guidance: embedding natural capital into public policy appraisal This paper sets out the NCC’s advice to government on Green Book guidance. In particular, how to include natural capital, ecosystem services and the value of these into policy appraisals. Click here to read more
Artesia, working jointly with the University of Manchester, has delivered a project looking at COVID and water impacts. This study presents some early observations from another longer term qualitative study we are doing, but focuses more on qualitative research, based mainly on focus groups, looking at how water use behaviour changed in the first lockdown […]
Environment Agency ‘A study of wild roach in English rivers indicates that oestrogenic contaminants continue to occur at levels sufficient to produce a biological response in fish. The results of a study of wild roach in English rivers indicate that oestrogenic contaminants continue to occur at levels sufficient to produce a biological response in fish […]
The social benefits of Blue Space: a systematic review Reviews published literature on the social and health benefits of rivers, lakes and coastal waters – referred to collectively as ‘Blue Space’. Environment Agency ‘This project reviewed the published literature on the social and health benefits of rivers, lakes and coastal waters – referred to collectively […]