November 2011 Archives
Ecosystems Applications in Environmental Assessment and Green Infrastructure Planning?
09 Nov 2011 | Tags: news, policy, design, practice, ecosystems services, conference
Despite the significant progress made by the NEA, the report pointed to a need for ongoing research to increase the accuracy of the science and explore questions around valuation of natural capital. In the absence of detailed and robust valuations of natural capital at a local scale it will be difficult for an ecosystems approach to inform local planning in an evidence-based way.