Natural capital

CEP has a wide range of legal, policy, scientific and technical expertise concerning natural capital, ecosystem services, biodiversity, green infrastructure and the natural environment. 

Example projects include:

Consolidation of analytical approaches for green infrastructure and ecosystem assessment. For the European Environment Agency (EEA). 2015.

Manuscript on mapping and assessing ecosystems. For the European Environment Agency (EEA). 2014 - 2015.

The health and social benefits of nature and biodiversity protection (led by IEEP, with Milieu, METLA, ICLEI and WWF Germany). For the European Commission's DG Environment. 2015.

Monitoring and evaluation of Nature Improvement Areas: Phase 2 (with the GeoData Institute and Cascade Consulting). For the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). 2013 - 2016.

Evaluation of the biodiversity offsetting pilot phase (with IEEP). For the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). 2012 - 2014.

Capacities and constraints to embedding consideration of ecosystem services in policy decision making through appraisal - Work Package 8 of the National Ecosystem Assessment (NEA) follow up project (led by University of Exeter). For UNEP. 2012 - 2013.

Tools: Applications, Benefits and Linkages for Ecosystems (TABLES) - Work Packages 9 and 10 of the National Ecosystem Assessment (NEA) follow up project (led by Birmingham City University). For UNEP. 2012 - 2013. 

Measuring the impacts on global biodiversity of goods and services imported into the UK (led by University of York). For the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). 2011 - 2012.

Practical guidance and recommendations for integrating climate change and biodiversity into Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) / Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) procedures (with Milieu). For the European Commission's DG Environment. 2011. 

Support to the production of an assessment report on biodiversity in pan-Europe region (led by Stockholm Environmental Institute). For the European Environment Agency (EEA). 2010.