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25 Year environment plan
Nick Barter, Defra
TheGovernment’s25YEPandNaturalCapitalOpportuni<es
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Contents
• What is natural capital?
• Initial thinking on the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan
• Opportunities for farmers
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What is natural capital?
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Advantagesofnaturalcapital• Naturalcapitalencouragessystemthinking,whereachangetooneaspecthasimpactselsewhere.
• Itisastockconceptandsoencouragesalong-termviewofwhetheranassetisbeingusedsustainably.
• Itdrivesbe=eruseofresources,focussinga=en>onwhereitma=ersmost.Forexample:
• Ithelpsiden>fythemostimportantproblemsandtheop>malsolu>onstothem;
• Managingawoodlandforitsrecrea>on,carbon,waterquality,floodmi>ga>on,andairqualitybenefitsratherthanjustits>mbervalueswillleadtomuchlargersocietalbenefits.
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Fundamentally,itsaboutimprovingenvironmentaldecisionmaking
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• Whiletheenvironmentunderpinseverythingwedo,itisoIentakenforgrantedanditsvalueisnotfullyappreciated.
• Ifweareignorantofitstruevaluewealltooeasilyplaceavalueofzeroonit.
• Thisleadstobaddecisionmaking;opportuni>estoenhancegrowthandwellbeingareneedlesslysquandered.
• Atitsheartisthedesiretoensureweproperlyunderstandthefullvalueoftheenvironmentandfactoritintoallthedecisionswetake,bethatbyGovernment,businessesorfamilies.
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The 25 YEP
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TheNaturalCapitalCommiFee’sadvice
TheNaturalCapitalCommi=ee.ItsadvicetoGov’twasto:• Takeanaturalcapitalapproachtosustainability,andproperlymeasure,valueandaccountfornaturalcapitalandusethatasthebasistomanageitbe=er(improvedecisionmaking);
• Developa25yearplantoimprovetheenvironment,basedaroundtheabovebuildingblocks,andinvestintheenvironmentwhereappropriate–usinginnova>vefundingmechanisms.
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• Inlinewiththemanifestocommitment,theGovernmentiscommi=edtoimprovingtheenvironmentwithinagenera>on.Wearedevelopinga25YearPlanfortheenvironmenttodeliverthis.
• Wenowhaveanopportunitytoconsideralongtermvisionfortheenvironmentwewantinthiscountryanddesignanapproachtailoredtotheneedsofthiscountry.
• ConsiderablethinkingdoneonkeybuildingblocksofthePlan–keyareasofac>onandkeydesignprinciples.Basedaroundanaturalcapitalapproach–theneedtoimprovethedecisionswealltakethatimpactontheenvironment.
• Wewillpublishanini>alFrameworksoon,kickingoffaperiodofpublicengagementtohelpshapethePlanwhichweaimtopublishin2017.
A25yearplanfortheenvironment
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Ini<althinkingonthe25YEPapproach
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Better decision making – Gov’t
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• IncorporateNCintotheGovernment’sappraisalbible–theGreenBook.
• AligningDefragroupboundariestoensuremoreintegratedpolicymaking.
• UKNa>onalAccounts–DefraandtheONSincorpora>ngNCintheaccountsby2020.
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Better decision making – business
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• Private(andquasi-private)sectororganisa>onsareresponsibleforthemajorityoftheUK’snaturalcapitalassets.
• NaturalCapitalCommi=ee:measure,valueandincorporateintoaccounts–keytobe=ermanagement.TheNCCdevelopedanaccoun>ngframework.
• NCaccoun>ngassistswithdetermining:• Thevaluetoanorganisa>onoftheirnaturalassets;• Changesintheircondi>onover>me;• Risksfromdeple>ngthem;• Opportuni>esfromu>lisingthem;• Theireffectonstakeholdersandcommuni>es.
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Developinganaturalcapitalaccount
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Ecosystem services1
Aesthetics Clean Air Clean Water
Cultural Equable climate
Fibre Food Hazard
protection Recreation Wildlife
Scope of financial account Enclosed farmland
● − ● ● ● − ● ◌ ● ●
Semi-natural grassland
● − ◌ ● ● − ● ◌ ● ●
Woodlands ● ◌ ◌ ● ● ◌ − ◌ ● ●
Open water bodies
● − ● ● − − − ◌ ● ●
Scope of natural capital account Enclosed farmland
● − ● ● ● − ● ◌ ● ●
Semi-natural grassland
● − ◌ ● ● − ● ◌ ● ●
Woodlands ● ◌ ◌ ● ● ◌ − ◌ ● ●
Open water bodies
● − ● ● − − − ◌ ● ●
Key: ● Significant ecosystem service flow by habitat
Available in account
◌ Potential but not significant ecosystem service flow Partly available in account − No ecosystem service flow by habitat
Not available in accounts
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Natural Capital Opportunities for Farmers
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Agriculture• Agricultureisamajorlanduseandimportantcontributortosociety.
• Farmersaretheprimaryusersofourterrestrialnaturalcapital-approximately70%ofourlandisfarmed.
• Thereareposi>veandnega>veoutcomesfromagriculturallanduse,e.g.:
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Posi<ves Nega<ves
Food/fibre Airandwaterpollu>on
Recrea>onfromaccess Carbonfromsoildegrada>on,ca=le,fer>lisers
A=rac>velandscapes/aesthe>cs Soildegrada>on
Wildlife Wildlife
Floodmi>ga>on Floodexacerba>on
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Opportuni<es
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Goodreasonsforfarmerstorobustlydemonstratethepublicgoodstheyprovide:• Commercialassurance,demonstra>ngfoodissustainablysourcedandimprovingindustryandconsumerrecogni>onanddemandforsuchfood;• Newmarketswhereprovidersofpublicgoodsarepaidforthem(Peatlandcode,Pooleharbournitrogenscheme,Upstreamthinking,biodiversitybenefitsetc);• Opportunitytoredesignourpoliciestoensureouragriculturalindustryiscompe>>ve,produc>veandprofitableandthatourenvironmentisimprovedforfuturegenera>ons.Naturalcapitalaccountshelpsprovidesystema>cassurancetocustomers,investors,andtaxpayers.
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Bepragma<c
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Needtoavoidgedngputoffbythecomplexityofnaturalcapitalandtheamountofdatathatisneededtofullyiden>fywhatishappeningtoit,itsinterdependenciesanditsfullvalue.Bepragma>c,startsmall(GDPtookmanyyearstodevelop).Usetoolsandreadilyavailabledatatohelp.Letusknowwherethebarriersare–respondtothe25YEPFrameworkconsulta>onwhenitcomesout. Thinkbig,startsmall,actnow.