Natural England - Ecosystem approach
Ecosystem approach
The ecosystem approach seeks to identify the range of ways the natural environment provides benefits to society and to engage the beneficiaries in reaching decisions about the objectives and priorities for their environment.
Our evidence programme in this area is focused on identifying and mapping ecosystem services, understanding how they provide benefits and how they can be valued and considered in decisions about projects for, or affecting, the environment.
Relevant information
Evidence projects
Research
| ID | Title | Description | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| RP0422 | Ecosystem services: novel case studies | Resources and processes supplied by natural ecosystems are known as ecosystem services. These include products like food and clean drinking water as well as processes such as the decomposition of wastes and the control of flood water. This project will research and analyse a series of 3-5 environmental management projects which are changing land use or management options. These will be published as case studies to demonstrate the potential application of the ecosystem approach in contexts for which there are currently few examples, in particular lowland agricultural land and urban/urban fringe environments.
| Stewart Clarke |
| RP0424 | Transferring management methods to deliver ecosystem services (EST) | The objective of this research is to explore the possibility of developing a methodology for ''ecosystem services transfer'' (EST) building upon the ''benefits transfer'' approach used in economic valuation.
| Ruth Waters |
| RP0640 | Managing Grassland Diversity For Multiple Ecosystem Services | The overall aim of this proposal is to assess the potential for UK grasslands to deliver multifunctional objectives of carbon sequestration, nutrient retention, pollination and biodiversity conservation, while maintaining economically viable levels of production. The main focus of the project is soil carbon sequestration. For more information see Defra funded project BD5003 . | chris chesterton |
| RP0641 | Provision of Ecosystem services in Environmental Stewardship scheme | This project will inform Environmental Stewardship policy and will greatly enhance our knowledge of how to manage the land for ecosystem services. Dissemination of the results and training and demonstration will ensure Natural England and Defra staff can implement the findings and that stakeholders can make best use of the project outputs. Defra funded project BD5005. | Stephen Chaplin |
Advice/Delivery
| ID | Title | Description | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| RP0427 | Delivering Nature's Services - The ecosystem services pilots | ''Delivering Nature''s Services'' is a project testing the ecosystem approach in 3 upland pilots. We aim to show how ecosystem services can be placed at the heart of land and water management in the landscape. The pilots are seen as an important demonstration component of the Defra Natural Value Programme. Natural England is acting a the ''catalyst'' (or facilitator) to realise a shared vision for future land management in each of three areas: - Bassenthwaite lake catchment (Lake District) - Southern Pennines National Character Area - South west uplands (Dartmoor and Exmoor)
| Stewart Clarke |
