The River Restoration Centre (RRC) Manual of River Restoration Techniques aims to help river managers identify potential restoration techniques for use in river restoration and sustainable river management.
Resource hub with a suite of “how to” practical habitat restoration handbooks for seagrass, saltmarsh, and native oyster restoration, supported by a handbook for restoring estuarine and coastal habitats with dredged sediment. Also includes links to opportunity maps for each habitat.
A set of two page fact sheets on different NFM measures. Cover how to implement the measure, how to avoid any adverse impacts, legislative aspects and suggested funding sources (mainly from Countryside Stewardship, so may become out of date.
This guide has been produced to offer clear, simple advice to anyone interested in introducing natural flood management (NFM) measures onto their land or into their community.
BSI and Defra are developing a UK standards framework to help build confidence in nature markets and guard against greenwashing. Draft principles have been developed and are currently (Jan 2024) being revised following consultation.
The Wildlife Trusts, RSPB, Woodland Trust, National Trust, Finance Earth and Federated Hermes (a responsible investment management company) have co-developed these voluntary principles for science-based investment, to support high integrity natural capital markets in the UK.
These four simple guidelines are at the core of the definition of high-quality NbS and we encourage everyone to adopt them. They apply to any NbS project, but especially those aimed at climate change mitigation.
One page sheet suggesting how Neighbourhood planning could play an important role in protecting green networks for hedgehogs and other wildlife within planning policy.
This detailed report explains how to assess the condition of a woodland based on characteristics such as the age distribution of trees, damage by herbivores, presence of invasive species, number of native tree and shrub species, ground flora, dead wood, tree health, and the area of open space within the
A Blue Roof is a Flat Roof, designed to allow controlled attenuation of rain fall during heavy and storm events as part of a Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems good practise policy, replicating the natural environment or improving the as built environment.
Although published in 2015, this 4 page AHDB Information Sheet is a useful summary of the value of using cover crops, the different options available, and a case study.
Web page from Defra summarising the regulatory steps needed to convert to organic farming and apply for certification and funding.