natural capital

This is a phrase we are all familiar with – in fact, in the past few years I've rarely gone more than two conferences or webinars without someone saying it, including me. However, now more than ever it resonates with me for our industry. Growers are increasingly having to become experts in...

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) have been defined many times, but these definitions can be summarised as “solutions to societal challenges that are inspired and supported by nature”. Examples would be the restoration of peat bogs to return them to net sinks of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or...

Climate change and biodiversity loss are recognised as the two existential threats to our civilisation and the next few years will see a major transformation in how we use land so as to address these crises. The impacts on land use are liable to be even more significant in the uplands of Britain...

Farmers and land managers in upland areas of the UK are being urged to assess the value of the natural capital in their care and consider carefully how they can turn it to their economic advantage. Traditionally referred to as ‘less favoured areas’ it is this land that has great potential to...

06 January 2022 Carbon trading and the treatment of natural capital have been high on the agenda at the Oxford Farming Conference. Speakers and delegates have highlighted potential risks associated with seeking to benefit from new markets now coming online. But there’s a call for farmers and...

TFF submitted a new resource: New vision for natural capital combats the “green grabs” - A new income stream worth an estimated £1.7 billion. Read more about this resource...

Sandy, from Trinity Agtech, has launched a module for carbon footprinting lowland & upland peat. For many hill farms and fenland growers, this marks the first time they’ll be able to calculate a full carbon footprint. Peatlands cover 12% of the UK but disproportionately high impact carbon...

Written by William Kellett from Agriland Farmland and estates are being snapped up by buyers more quickly than for several years as demand continues to outstrip supply according to Strutt & Parker. Analysis of Strutt & Parker’s Farmland Database, which records the details of all farms...