Webinar Library
| Lunch & Learn: Scotland’s Approach to RBMP4 and Natural Capital | |
| Watch the recording of this Scottish Forum on Natural Capital Lunch & Learn webinar, where Roy Richardson from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) explores Scotland’s approach to River Basin Management Planning (RBMP) and early thinking on integrating a natural capital approach. RBMP is Scotland’s strategy for protecting and improving the water environment. It sets out statutory objectives and a detailed programme of measures to manage water quality, water resources, and the physical condition of rivers, lochs, estuaries, coastal waters, and groundwater. The next update, RBMP4, is due by December 2027, and planning is underway to embed a natural capital perspective.
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| International Nature Finance Exploration Zone: To Offset or not to Offset? | |
| A recording of the presentations from ‘To Offset or not to Offset?’, a discussion session held on 19th August 2024, as part of the International Nature Finance Exploration Zone (https://finance.naturalcapitalscotlan…. Matt Gledhill, Julia McCarthy and Ryan Sarsfield explored how the debate on carbon credit use has evolved, and what lessons we might learn for a future biodiversity crediting market. | |
| International Nature Finance Exploration Zone: The Voluntary Carbon Market | |
| Recorded on 26th March 2024, this webinar reviews the key developments in Voluntary Carbon Markets in 2023 and at COP28, and takes a look at what to expect in 2024.
Voluntary carbon markets came under scrutiny in the mainstream media last year and featured prominently at COP28 – what will have an impact on demand and supply-side integrity? Matt Gledhill is a Carbon Markets Analyst at a nature-based solutions project developer, working on developing market-based solutions for wildlife conservation that drive measurable sustainable development. Part of the Scottish Nature Finance Pioneers ‘International Nature Finance Exploration Zone’ https://naturalcapitalscotland.com/ou… Includes discussion and Q&A. |
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| Scotland’s Biodiversity Data: A Showcase of Two Digital Tools Webinar | |
| A recording of the webinar held on 20th March 2024 demonstrating two digital tools to locate and analyse biodiversity data to support decision making.
The first webinar from the new Digital Enablers for Natural Capital hub https://digital.naturalcapitalscotlan… Paula Nieto Quintano from Space Intelligence shared the Scotland-Wide Landcover Maps, Scotland’s first-ever nationwide habitat maps, commissioned by the Scottish government in 2021 in partnership with NatureScot, providing insight into how Scotland’s natural capital is changing over time. https://www.space-intelligence.com/sc… Gautham Krishnadas from Dtime shared how Dtechtive.com uses AI Natural Language Processing and Generation, to make open data more discoverable and AI-ready. https://find.data.gov.scot/ With thanks also to Ruchir Shah, Director of External Affairs, Scottish Wildlife Trust and Philippa Viganó, Innovative Technologies Programme Manager, NatureScot. The recording includes the Q&A sessions. |
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