Official: "Scotland’s #NaturalCapital was worth in excess of £273 billion."
Today, the Scottish Government released its first ecosystem service accounts. Read more at https://t.co/7zTDu9WT44
How Finance Can Reduce Deforestation: "@theGEF recognizes the connection between agriculture & tropical deforestation, & that the financial sector can play a key role in removing deforestation from commodity supply chains..." https://t.co/gjPFxwUVMB
On Tues, our Exec Sec Ruud Jansen, Dep Exec Sec Gaseitsiwe Disikalala together with @africa_ci Senior VP @m_obrien68 met Botswana’s Minister of Environment Onkokame Mokaila in Gaborone; they discussed strengthening GDSA’s role in promoting sustainable development across Africa.
Nature As An Infrastructure Solution: W/ better infrastructure, US could significantly reduce devastating extreme weather damage. Congress is now turning bipartisan attention to enhancing infrastructure resilience. Nature itself is a solution. https://t.co/pZac0cF4qz Via @thehill
Scottish Forum members @ScotWildlife and @ScottishEPA launched the £1 Billion Challenge at the #NatCapInvest19 conference down in London today. This is an exciting opportunity to use #NaturalCapital approaches to address the serious gap in conservation funding in Scotland
A #naturalcapital approach works to illuminate Nature’s often hidden value – whether it be economic, social, environmental, cultural or spiritual, and whether this value is expressed in qualitative, quantitative or monetary terms. https://t.co/5JRj7XzZul via @NatCapCoalition
#ThisIsNaturalCapital: @GDSA Exec Secretary Ruud Jansen: “If Africa hopes to safeguard livelihoods, alleviate poverty and develop sustainably, it must include #naturalcapital information in all of its major decisions." @NatCapCoalition More at https://t.co/PgpAeUUHKo
It’s #WorldSoilDay so I wrote a blog for @wwf@wwf_uk to remind us all of how the ‘dirt’ sustains our civilisation. A good day to remember to #Connect2Earth, because that’s where our food & water comes from https://t.co/GWr7kIpxFv
We aim to ensure that the contributions of natural capital to sustainable economic growth & improvement of social capital & human well-being are quantified & integrated into development & business practice~Ruud Jansen, Exec Secretary, GDSA @NatCapCoalition
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#GovernmentDialogue: "The trial applied the #NatCapProtocol to land-based businesses on two Moray estates run by Crown Estate Scotland as part of its work to put Scotland at the forefront of developing new ways of managing land and the environment." https://t.co/AWYbR7Aa0w
Our annual publication #ThisIsNaturalCapital contains 20 short op-eds from leaders in the natural capital community & provides a rundown of activities over the last year. Read the individual op-eds https://t.co/mTzIT0snCW or full publication https://t.co/M22zoC9oHb #NatCapWeek
RT @AgriParijs: Ambassadeur @Gooijer_Pieter ontvangt internat. deelnemers aan @NatCapForum op NL Residentie. Forum georganiseerd door min. LNV & BZ, World Bank, UN SD/Envir.
Last night, Dutch Ambassador @Gooijer_Pieter, held a reception to welcome the delegates of #NatCapWeek to Paris. "Natural capital is the magnetic force that guides our compass on stormy seas".