This report, developed together with the Oxford Seascape Ecology Lab, the Blue Marine Foundation, Progress Seagrass, and supported by further partners, outlines the research and policy gaps that would need to be addressed in order to develop a ‘carbon code’ providing credits for seagrass restoration.
This research brief compiles evidence from the academic literature to demonstrate the vital role that nature can plan in securing health, wellbeing and socioeconomic benefits for the deprived communities targeted by the levelling-up programme.
This short summary of the longer research brief identifies opportunities to redress omissions and strengthen the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill so that it delivers lasting benefits for communities and the economy, and contributes to delivering the wider government agenda on climate and nature.
Drawing on recent research for the Sprint, and in collaboration with CO2RE, the greenhouse gas removal hub, the statement highlighted the importance of soil health to provide essential ecosystem services.
The Agile Initiative has produced a policy brief to show how to embed support for a much wider range of NbS in England’s third NAP