Author: shannon@redpaint

David Watt appointed as Chair of Steering Group

, by shannon@redpaint
The Scottish Forum on Natural Capital is pleased to announce that David Watt, Executive Director of IoD Scotland, has been selected to Chair its Steering Group. The Scottish Forum on Natural Capital brings together a growing number of public, private and voluntary sector organisations to protect and rebuild Scotland’s natural capital. To date, there are over 100 member organisations. The…

Public sector leaders share ideas for natural capital

, by shannon@redpaint
On the 23rd November 2017, Scottish Natural Heritage and the Scottish Forum on Natural Capital convened a high-level roundtable in Edinburgh to determine how to take forward the Scottish Government's commitments of protecting and rebuilding natural capital. Bringing together 18 public sector bodies in Scotland, including NHS – Health Scotland, Scottish Enterprise and Scottish Water, the discussion was the first…

Natural capital report for Stirling coming soon

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An analysis of the economic and social benefits of investing in the natural environment of Stirling has been carried out and will soon be available here.  If you urgently require a copy of the full report, please contact Punit Desai, Project Officer, by email at pdesai@naturalcapitalforum.com.

Inaugural Government Dialogue on Natural Capital hosted in Edinburgh

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On the 27th November 2017, Edinburgh hosted the world's first Government Dialogue on Natural Capital. Representatives from 16 countries, the European Commission and a range of non-governmental organisations met to discuss governments’ role in creating an enabling environment for the natural capital agenda. Roseanna Cunningham MSP, Cabinet Secretary for the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform, opened the Dialogue with an…

Update on Nature Finance Pioneers’ Activity

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Join the network to take part in Zoom webinars on a range of topics. Learn about the role of Disruptive Technologies in Nature Finance market opportunities, identify the latest funding support to get your projects investment-ready, understand the evolving biodiversity markets and how to maximise their potential for growing Scotland’s Natural Capital and you can join the fifth Natural Capital Finance & Investment…

Bunloit – Nature recovery and community prosperity through rewilding

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Introduction Bunloit Rewilding is a natural capital management company with a purpose to “enable nature recovery and community prosperity through rewilding.” Through our values of leading by example, with courage we aim to create as large a positive impact on the natural world as possible. Throughout 2021 – our first year of operations – we developed a natural capital baseline assessment…

An Introduction to the Scottish Forum

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Background The Scottish Forum on Natural Capital was formed in late 2013, as an outcome from the first of three World Forum on Natural Capital conferences held in Edinburgh. At its inception, a key part of the Scottish Forum vision was to increase awareness across society about natural capital. This increased awareness was not considered an end in itself, rather that it…

Applying the natural capital approach – the case of the Cashel Forest Trust

, by shannon@redpaint
Natural capital and land use / management Natural Capital is a concept that enables us to think of our natural environment as an asset that, alongside its intrinsic value, provides flows of benefits to society and economy. Framing the natural environment in this way can help us understand the need to invest in and manage this asset, within safe environmental limits,…

The Fifth Natural Capital Roundtable

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Convened by NatureScot, and the Scottish Forum on Natural Capital, the Natural Capital Roundtables bring together senior representatives from across the public sector in Scotland, with the aim to explore natural capital approaches, share best practice, and develop joint actions. The most recent Roundtable was held in late 2021 and was chaired by Francesca Osowska, CEO of NatureScot. The theme of this, the fifth roundtable was: A natural capital approach for…

Finance for Nature in Nature – Scottish Forum events at COP26

, by shannon@redpaint
Introduction CoP 26 was an exciting and busy period for the Scottish Forum, with a series of events in partnership with Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI) entitled ‘Finance for Nature in Nature’. The Scottish Forum was a core partner with GEFI alongside the Scottish Government, UN Development Programme, Global Canopy and Nature4Climate. We contributed a number of nature-focused events over two…

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