Exploring Local Implementation of DEFRA's 25 Year Plan: Learning lessons from embedding the Natural Capital Approach in a Northern Coastal City Region

有人建议，将自然资本办法纳入对地方一级经济发展至关重要的政策干预措施，如空间规划框架、引入净收益环境政策以及制定地方自然资本投资计划，以此作为在推动增长的同时维持环境的关键。这种办法的目标是实现经济增长，考虑到当地的需要和价值，但也具有弹性，因为有良好管理/维护的自然资本的好处作为支撑。然而，这种方法仍在测试中，利物浦城区(LCR)独特的自然资产及其增长机会(即具有国际保护重要性的自然海岸线和河口，以及大规模的风力发电、高潜力的潮汐能以及重大的商业和海洋开发)为自然资本方法提供了一个独特而有趣的试验场。其丰富的自然资产和全国知名的环境领导地位和知识意味着该城市地区可以为全国关于自然资本方法的辩论做出重大贡献。LCR批准的当地自然合作伙伴关系)，以支持他们在利物浦城地区嵌入自然资本方法的雄心。它将为在地方一级执行环境25年计划提出建议，以促进和借鉴LCR自然资本办法的发展。Natural Connected将通过其董事会和各成员组织支持配售。组织将根据他们的专业知识，在支持项目的不同方面发挥主导作用。与自然相关的主要环境和商业组织以及六个地方议会的成员资格提供了一个关键的网络来支持此次安排。整体方法将结合围绕自然资本方法的现有研究、关于其实施的相关政策的信息以及当地的知识和看法，通过3项行动：行动1：审查现有的研究知识、政策以及它们如何与利物浦市地区的自然资本方法相关。这将利用围绕自然资本和生态系统服务的研究方案和倡议(即NEA、VNN和BESS)的成果，以及目前正在测试自然资本方法实施情况的较新项目，如国家环境影响研究中心资助的SWEEP。这些信息将在利物浦市区域的背景下加以考虑，并将用于为讲习班和面谈以及个案研究方法提供信息。行动2：与主要利益攸关方和决策者(即规划者、管理局联合工作人员等)举行讲习班和面谈来自利物浦城地区。围绕着自然资本的方法。这些活动的目的既是通过知识转让提高对自然资本办法的认识，也是为了收集关于当地知识和看法的信息。行动3：将自然资本方法应用于发展案例研究，包括对不同决策情景/结果和对价政策发明进行全面的社会成本核算，这可能会对决策产生影响，并可能为自然资本投资提供/便利筹资机制这将导致向利物浦城区的主要利益攸关方传授自然资本方法方面的知识，并使人们能够探索调整和整合自然资本政策方法的障碍和机会。它还应提出建议，以便为关于权力下放和地方执行环境25年的全国辩论提供参考。所有这些都应该支持自然与之相连的雄心，将自然资本嵌入城市区域内的关键政策，如空间规划，在自然资本投资计划的同时制定净收益环境政策

Embedding natural capital approach into policy interventions key to economic development at a local level such as spatial planning frameworks, introducing a net gain environment policy as well as creating local natural capital investment plans has been suggested as key to maintaining the environment while driving growth. Such approaches will aim to achieve economic growth which considers local needs and values, but is also resilient due to being underpinned by the benefits of well managed/maintained natural capital. However such an approach is still being testedThe unique natural assets of the Liverpool City Region (LCR) and its opportunities for growth (i.e. a natural coastline and estuary of international conservation importance alongside large scale wind generation, high potential for tidal energy and major commercial and maritime development provides a unique and interesting testbed for the natural capital approach. Its rich natural assets and nationally renowned environmental leadership and knowledge means the city region can provide a significant contribution to the national debate on the natural capital approach.This placement hosted by Nature Connected (the govt. approved Local Nature Partnership for the LCR) to support them in their ambition to embed a natural capital approach in the Liverpool City Region. It will make recommendations for the implementation of the 25 Year Plan for the Environment at a local level by contributing to and learning from the development of a natural capital approach in LCR. Nature Connected will support the placement through its board and various member organisation. Organisation will play a lead role in support of different aspects of the project, based on their expertise. Nature Connected Membership of key environmental and business organisations and the six local councils provides a key network to support the placement.The overall method will combine existing research around the Natural Capital approach, information on relevant policies for its implementation and local knowledge and perceptions through 3 actions: Action 1: A review of existing research knowledge, policies and how they are relevant to Natural Capital Approach in the Liverpool City Region. This will draw on outputs from research programmes and initiatives around Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services, (i.e. NEA, VNN and BESS) as well as more recent projects which are now testing the implementation of the Natural Capital approach such as the NERC funded SWEEP. This information will be considered in the context of the Liverpool City Region and be used to inform the workshops and interviews as well as the case study approach. Action 2: Workshops and Interviews with key stakeholders and decision makers (i.e. planners, Combined Authority staff etc.) from the Liverpool City Region. around the natural capital approach. These are aimed at both increasing the awareness of the natural capital approach through knowledge transfer as well as gathering information on local knowledge and perceptions. Action 3: Applying a natural capital approach to development case studies, including full social cost accounting the for different decision scenarios/outcomes and Consideration policy inventions, which may impact on decisions and may provide/facilitate funding mechanisms for investment in natural capitalThis will result in a transfer of knowledge to key Liverpool City Region Stakeholders on the natural capital approach and allow an exploration of the barriers and opportunities to aligning and integrating a natural capital policy approach. It should also provide recommendation to feed into the national debate on devolution and local implementation of the 25 year for the environment. All of which should support Nature Connected in it ambition to embed natural capital with key policies within the city region such as the spatial plan, develop a net gain environment policy alongside a natural capital investment plan