The excellent Valuing Nature Programme “aims to better understand and represent the complexities of the natural environment in valuation analyses and decision making. It will consider the economic, societal and cultural value of ecosystem services”.

Latest outputs include

• New reports from the Demystifying series. These bring together experts to explain key concepts and agree on principles of good practice. Now freely available are Health Metrics; Cost Benefit Analysis; Green Finance; Shared and Social Values; and Valuing Arts and Arts Research. https://valuing-nature.net/demystifying-series
• Outputs, including presentations, from the annual conference at the end of October https://valuing-nature.net/ValNat19/overview
• An overview of the forthcoming ‘Reclaiming Wetland Values’ event, starting on 27 January. The aim of this week long event is to explore and celebrate the values of coastal and freshwater wetlands in England and Wales through an interdisciplinary combination of physical science, social science, economics, human and cultural geography, poetry, audial and visual art. https://valuing-nature.net/event/reclaiming-wetland-values-marsh-mud-and-wonder
• A set of four new reports identifies the range of research and innovation needs of key UK business sectors to enable them to measure and value natural assets.https://valuing-nature.net/news/greater-ri-would-protect-businesses-and-our-natural-world