The UK government’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has published a set of resources on “enabling a natural capital approach” (ENCA) to guide policymakers and decisionmakers. 

The resources include:

Read more here. See also the Foodsource chapter Food systems and contributions to other environmental problems.

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Ecosystem services Ecosystems and ecosystem services Environmental accounting/costing Green economy/alternative economic models
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18 Feb 2020
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