Enabling a natural capital approach guidance

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2026
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Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning

Abstract

Comprises guidance on natural capital providing details on how to apply it. Covers: economic valuation of the environment, natural capital in policy or project appraisal, introduction to natural capital accounting, place-based natural capital approaches, finding data and evidence for natural capital approaches.

History

Last updated: 10 February 2026 - Updated to align with the updated Green Book (2026). Document type: guidance. First published: 22 January 2020.

Subjects

  • Environmental planning/land
  • Natural environment
  • Planning and development

Publisher History

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a UK Government department. They are committed to tackling climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and work to secure a healthy, resilient, productive and diverse natural environment. This work has formerly been carried out by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Department of the Environment.

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