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Making the Case for Investment in the Tamar Valley’s Nature based services
A groundbreaking pilot project funded by the Environment Agency's Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund.
Read more about NEIRF (external website)
Objective:
Calculate the worth of nature-based goods and services at four sites across the Tamar Valley National Landscape, and to build a business case to encourage private-sector investment.
Project Partners:
Environment Agency
Total Project Funding:
£99,000
Project Categories:
Nature
Timeframe:
2021 – 2023 – Final report submitted
Lead Officers:
Dan Cooke, Jane Hart, Steven Draper
Natural Capital in the Tamar Valley
We all enjoy benefits from the natural landscapes around us. This list of benefits is substantial.
Often the value of nature goes unnoticed in the economy. We’re not used to paying for the benefit of things like climate regulation or improved mental health.
The notion of ‘Natural Capital’ attempts to acknowledge the fact that all these benefits contribute to our economy.
The full report explains how this may provide a means of valuing, protecting and investing in our National Landscape in the future.
News
The Tamar Valley National Landscape team welcomed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Growth and Rural Affairs) to Defra and local MP, Scott Mann, to the Tamar Valley Centre, near Gunnislake, and provided a tour of the new wetlands intertidal habitat in Calstock on Friday (14th October 2022).
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Contact the lead officer
Steven Draper
Business Development Officer
Steven Draper
Business Development Officer
I'm responsible for developing relationships and strategies that bring projects, partners and funding together.
I enjoy living in the Tamar Valley with my family, pets and horse. In my spare time I manage my garden for nature, love photography and am creating a locally themed model railway.
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