Defra has announced funding for 27 projects which will develop and test models for private investment in nature recovery. The projects have been awarded between £67,000 and £100,000 each through Round One of the Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund.

The key messages of the Dasgupta Review of the Economics of Biodiversity (published on 2nd February 2021) include: The economy is embedded within nature, not separate from it. Biodiversity is important to ensure that the environment is more resilient to shocks and more capable of sustaining all life…