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Valuing the Natural Environment: Parliamentary Round Table Discussion
Useful Links
Defra - Natural Environment White Paper
National Ecosystems Assesment
Defra press release- National Ecosystems Assesment
25 January 2011, 10.00 – 12.00pm
Chair:
Graham Evans MP
Speakers:
Dr Peter Costigan - Science Co-ordinator, Environment and Rural Group, Defra
Louise Heathwaite - Co-Director, Centre for Sustainable Water Management, Lancaster University and NERC champion, Sustainable Use of Natural Resources theme
Ian Bateman – Professor, Environmental Sciences, UEA
The round table discussion organised by the Westminster Sustainable Business Forum provided an opportunity for those present to discuss the upcoming Natural Environment White Paper which is to be published by Defra. The event examined how measures of natural capital and the natural asset base will affect businesses and other organisations’ operations on a practical level.
