Feasibility Study: Creating a Natural Capital Data Product

可行性研究：创建自然资本数据产品

• 批准号: 10010190
• 金额: $ 3.54万
• 依托单位: VIRIDIAN LOGIC LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Feasibility Studies
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10010190
• 关键词: Feasibility; Study; Creating; Natural; Capital

Many government agencies, businesses and communities are looking to solve a variety of problems by enhancing the natural environment. These 'Nature-based Solutions' can be powerful because each intervention can work on multiple fronts, as long the right things are done in the right places. For instance, planting a hedge along the right field boundary can protect the crops from storms, reduce local river flooding, enhance the scenery and make wildlife more resilient to climate change.At the same time, the government is changing the way it offers subsidies to farmers. They will increasingly be paid for the Nature-based Solutions (NbS) they provide through environmental actions, such as planting hedges and using fewer chemicals. Farmers are also beginning to sell some NbS to companies through commercial trades.It is not always obvious what are 'the right things in the right places', as the landscape acts as an interconnected system and needs to be considered in the round. This requires a lot of information processing, expertise and complex modelling. Unfortunately, this is currently a slow and expensive business.Viridian are proposing something different. We will use clever automation, intelligent algorithms and efficiencies of scale to drive down prices. We will create a standard suite of data, maps, information and insights to show farmers the best actions to take in the most effective locations. These data product will supply all the support they need to decide on how they want to use their land, as well as providing a wealth of technical detail for more specialist users such as land agents and consultants.We want to get this product exactly right, so we are proposing a feasibility study. This will allow us to consult widely across the industry to find out what different users want from the product, how they want to interact with it and how much they are willing to pay. It will allow us to get the right balance of technical complexity and simplicity of use; and of detail and cost.

许多政府机构、企业和社区都在寻求通过改善自然环境来解决各种问题。这些“基于自然的解决方案”可能是强大的，因为只要在正确的地方做正确的事情，每个干预措施都可以在多个方面发挥作用。例如，沿着正确的田地边界种植沿着树篱可以保护作物免受暴风雨的侵袭，减少当地河流的泛滥，美化景观，使野生动物对气候变化更具适应力。与此同时，政府正在改变向农民提供补贴的方式。他们将越来越多地通过环境行动提供基于自然的解决方案（NbS），例如种植树篱和使用更少的化学品。农民也开始通过商业交易向公司出售一些铌硫。“在正确的地方放正确的东西”并不总是显而易见的，因为景观作为一个相互关联的系统，需要全面考虑。这需要大量的信息处理、专业知识和复杂的建模。不幸的是，这是目前一个缓慢和昂贵的业务。我们将使用智能自动化、智能算法和规模效率来降低价格。我们将创建一套标准的数据、地图、信息和见解，向农民展示在最有效的地点采取的最佳行动。这些数据产品将提供他们决定如何使用土地所需的所有支持，并为更专业的用户（如土地代理和顾问）提供丰富的技术细节。我们希望获得准确的产品，因此我们建议进行可行性研究。这将使我们能够在整个行业中进行广泛的咨询，以了解不同的用户对产品的需求，他们希望如何与产品互动，以及他们愿意支付多少费用。它将使我们能够在技术复杂性和使用简单性以及细节和成本之间取得适当的平衡。