Measuring natural capital | Webinar

Hosted by the CIWEM South Western branch

Event description

Back by popular demand, the CIWEM South Western branch will be hosting a webinar on natural capital in support of the UN International Day for Biological Diversity which is observed globally on 22 May every year to increase understanding and awareness about biodiversity issues. This year the theme is “Our solutions are in nature” highlighting the link between biodiversity, climate and land degradation.

Natural Capital is a term used to describe those elements of the natural environment that provide benefits for humans including food, water, recreation and clean air and water. A natural capital approach is useful for understanding the inter-dependencies between nature, people, the economy and society. It provides a framework for incorporating the value of nature into decision-making and revealing the cost of its degradation.

National and international policies are incorporating guidance and legislation on management and protection of nature for the benefits that it provides to people. In the UK, metrics for monitoring and measuring performance on natural capital are being developed and the 25 year environment plan states that new development should result in “net environmental gain”. This talk will introduce the concepts of natural capital and environmental net gain and discuss ways in which these can be measured.

Booking and joining information

This event is open to members and non-members of CIWEM.

Please note that bookings will close 24 hours before the start of the webinar.

Bookings to attend the webinar should be made through 'MyCIWEM' using the links provided for each webinar in the series. Each webinar should be booked separately. You are only confirmed once you have clicked 'proceed & submit' in the cart and received a confirmation email, which will be sent to your primary email address on your MyCIWEM account. Once registration for the webinar session has closed, successful registrants will receive a separate email with joining instructions.

Please ensure that your MyCIWEM primary email address is the one you wish us to use for all communications about your bookings, as all correspondence about this event will be sent to this email address.

Please contact barbara.woods@ciwem.org if you have any difficulties with booking a place or would like to cancel your attendance.

If you have any queries about this talk, please contact Joanna Goodwin at Joanna.goodwin@wsp.com.