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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🗺️In celebration of #WorldRiversDay, we want to know if you’ve explored the #EcosystemServiceMapExplorer (ESME) tool yet or if it's helped you design a #riverrestoration project? Explore ESME: experience.arcgis.com/experience/7... Questions? Learn more about #ESME: www.gov.uk/government/p...

Four people cross a large river using stepping stones on a sunny day. In the background, the river meanders into the green hills, and a rolling hill dotted with large trees slopes to meet the river bank.
In the upper left hand corner, a grey and blue text box reads 'Celebrating #WorldRiversDay with ESME', and in the bottom right hand corner a green hexagon reads, 'Ecosystem Service Map Explorer (ESME) A first-of-its-kind tool to visualise the stream of services and benefits we receive from rivers to target restorative action'.

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

💡We’re pleased to see this new, detailed @ipbes.net Methodological assessment of the impact and dependence of business on biodiversity and nature’s contribution to people (2026) report and accompanying Summary for Policymakers. (1/2) 👉Link to full reports: www.ipbes.net/business-imp...

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

🗣️There’s only a few days left to #haveyoursay on the #SouthYorkshireLNRS! This #LNRS public consultation closes FRIDAY, 31 JULY. 🗺️NCS developed the Local Habitat Map for the #SouthYorkshireMayoralCombinedAuthority for this LNRS. Explore the strategy: southyorkshirenaturerecovery.co.uk/index.php

A brightly coloured map of South Yorkshire displaying the Areas of Particular Importance for Biodiversity (APIB) map.

A map of South Yorkshire with green areas displaying the Areas that Could become of particular importance for Biodiversity (ACB) map set on a grey background.

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

💡NEW CASE STUDY 💡 #Bluesky has recently published a case study detailing how we used their #NationalHedgerowMap and #NationalTreeMap datasets as part of our mapping for the #SouthYorkshireLocalNatureRecoveryStrategy for #SYMCA. 🔍Read the full case study here: bluesky-world.com/wp-content/u...

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

🥾Last week, NCS staff met in Skipton for one of our in-person work days. These sessions allow our team to pool information, work collaboratively, and enjoy the outdoors together - thanks @yorkshiredales.org.uk for having us! 👀We have some major updates in the works – so watch this space!

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

🏆We’re pleased to share the #GreaterNorwichGIStrategy was Highly Commended at the #PlanningAwards recently. As part of #CBA ’s Consultant Team, NCS completed habitat opportunity mapping to complement aspects of the new GI Strategy for the #GreaterNorwichGrowthBoard. (1/2)

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Greater Norwich Green Infrastructure Strategy (GNGIS)

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

📢Have your say! 📢 If you live in the South Yorkshire area, it’s time to #haveyoursay on the #LocalNatureRecoveryStrategy (LNRS). 🗺️NCS is proud of our contribution to the #SouthYorkshireLNRS, where we developed the Local Habitat Map. 👉LNRS survey: southyorkshirenaturerecovery.co.uk

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South Yorkshire Nature Recovery

Check out this post on the South Yorkshire Nature Recovery website

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Recently, NCS hosted a series of webinars for #NorthNorthamptonshireCouncil staff showcasing their new #EnvironmentalJusticeIndex (EJI) that we put together. ⚖️ 🗺️This EJI is inherently multidisciplinary, bringing together a wide range of data to help inspire bespoke solutions to complex issues.

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Last week, NCS joined the #SouthYorkshireLNP 's Ecosystem Restoration Opportunities workshop, hosted by #UniofSheffield and #SheffieldandRotherhamWildlifeTrust. 💡It was a great opportunity to learn what nature recovery opportunities are important locally and which projects to prioritise in future.

Photo collage with text boxes and pictures of maps and a woman outside a building set against a picture of a glass and concrete stairwell in a building. The text boxes and pictures on top of the larger photo are framed by a golden rectangle along the border of the larger photo. In the bottom right corner, the #SouthYorkshireLNRS is displayed in white.

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

👀Have you explored #EcosystemServiceMapExplorer yet? #ESME is a first-of-its-kind, open, and transparent tool to help protect England’s rivers in a changing world. NCS created #ESME in collab with #EnvironmentAgency and @therrc.bsky.social and funded by #NCEA. www.youtube.com/watch?v=t58s...

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Ecosystem Service Map Explorer: An Applied Training Demonstration

YouTube video by Environment Agency

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Happy #WorldBeeDay! 🐝 There are many ways to #savethebees, including avoiding pesticide, herbicide and fungicide use or participating in bee-friendly initiatives like @plantlifeuk.bsky.social's #NoMowMay. At NCS, we regularly assess and visualise how to improve pollination across client's sites.

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

NCS is proud to have developed the new #EcosystemServiceMapExplorer (ESME) tool, in collaboration with #EnvironmentAgency and @therrc.bsky.social and funded by the #NCEA. (1/2) 🗺️ Access the tool: experience.arcgis.com/experience/7... 🔍 Learn more about ESME: www.gov.uk/government/p...

A screenshot of ESME's map tool, framed by a dark green border. The screenshot displays the ecosystem service capacity for recreation at the river water bodies scale for the whole of England. The tool page also shows a circular graph, which displays the varying percentages for England's water bodies' capacity for recreation.

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Introducing ESME: a new online tool to transform river management NCS was commissioned by the #EnvironmentAgency and the #NCEA, to create the Ecosystem Service Map Explorer (ESME) tool; a first-of-its-kind, open, and transparent tool to help people protect England’s rivers in a changing world. 1/2

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Last week, NCS attended the @therrc.bsky.social's Annual conference, where NCS Director Dr Jim Rouquette and Alice Crouch from the #EnvironmentAgency presented a new tool. 👀 Watch this space for updates on the new tool - we’re excited to share more information about it with you soon!

Infographic with hexagons displaying text and pictures from the conference, in the background, a river with lush vegetation and a waterfall.

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

🌍Happy #EarthDay2026! At NCS, we champion a #naturalcapital approach to the #biodiversityandclimatecrises. By enhancing #naturalassets and #ecosystemservices that flow from them, in ways that suit local communities,we are investing in the future of our lives, economy and earth. #OurPowerOurPlanet

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

🤔 How do #naturerecovery and #naturalcapital opportunities factor on a farm's balance sheet? In a recent #RICSLandJournal article, NCS directors explore opportunities for farmers to gain funds for implementing positive changes for natural capital and #biodiversity. 👇 ww3.rics.org/uk/en/journa...

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How nature can help farmers' business

Natural capital and nature recovery provide opportunities for farmers and landowners in England to keep their businesses viable while improving biodiversity and the environment

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

🪜Last week, NCS attended the Stacking within Biodiversity Net Gain webinar, hosted by @cieem.bsky.social. This webinar was a fascinating, in-depth look at a small clause in the ‘Combining environmental payments: Biodiversity net gain (BNG) and nutrient mitigation’ guidance (pictured). (1/2)

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

This #WorldWildlifeDay, the spotlight is on #medicinalandaromaticplants. These plants provide many #ecosystemservice benefits, such as #wildproduce, #healthandwellbeing and #culturalheritage. Protecting these plants protects environmental, social and economic benefits around the globe.

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IPBES @ipbes.net · 01/03/2026

Marine ecosystems, from coastal to deep sea, now show the influence of human actions, with coastal marine ecosystems showing both large historical losses of extent and condition as well as rapid ongoing declines. Let’s act to restore what’s been lost. 🌊🌱 Happy World #Seagrass Day!

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IPBES @ipbes.net · 10/02/2026

The IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment Report Summary for Policymakers is available now! 🏡 Explore this first of it’s kind report highlighting methods and actions to measure and respond to business impacts and dependencies on nature.🌍 🧪 ipbes.canto.de/b/JTB1U

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

📢 A decisive new report, 'Natural capital is critical infrastructure: Putting natural capital at the heart of UK growth and resilience' from @isepglobal.bsky.social describes our national dependence on #naturalcapital. Full report here 👇: www.isepglobal.org/resources/bl...

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ISEP Policy Paper: Natural Capital is Critical Infrastructure

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Have you had a chance to watch the #BuckinghamshireandMiltonKeynesLNRS Launch Webinar yet? NCS staff joined others to outline key information about this #LNRS and how everyone can help get involved in delivering #naturerecovery priorities across this area. 📺 Watch here: youtu.be/sIOH1ZX7gL0?...

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Bucks & MK LNRS Launch Webinar

YouTube video by Bucks & MK Natural Environment Partnership

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

🤩Thanks for 1,000+ views! We were notified that our article, "Rivers as natural capital assets; a quick scoping review to assess the evidence linking river asset condition to changes in the flow of ecosystem services" has received over 1,000 views. See: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

🎉IT'S PUBLISHED! 🎉 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough's #LocalNatureRecoveryStrategy has officially been published! 🗺️ NCS created the #LocalHabitatMap for this #LNRS, it displays the most important areas identified for #naturerecovery. Explore: cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk/local-nature...

A screenshot of the Local Nature Recovery Strategy mapping portal displays a detailed map of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough with a dark blue outline around the area, and the Areas that could become of particular importance for biodiversity (ACB) layer highlighted in a bright orange; the bright orange lines cover a large percentage of the total area. A green hexagon in the bottom left corner of the screen reads, "Cambridgeshire and Peterborough LNRS Local Habitat Map".

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

🎊Happy holidays! As our team is spread out across the country, we met up in Birmingham recently and made time for both work and fun (we were especially excited about the aquarium - thanks for having us, @sealifebirmingham.bsky.social)! We will be closed from 22nd of December - 5th of January.

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

🎉LNRS LAUNCH WEBINAR THIS FRIDAY🎉 NCS contributed to multiple aspects of this LNRS; come learn all about it and how to get involved in local nature recovery THIS FRIDAY! Link for webinar tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/buckingham... #localnaturerecoverystrategy #BucksLNRS #MKLNRS

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Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes LNRS Launch Webinar

Join us as we celebrate the launch of the LNRS and discuss practical, delivery actions

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

NCS attended the #NatureFinance2025 Conference yesterday and were inspired by the range of projects and initiatives taking shape across the country. Nature is finally being recognised as critical infrastructure with the potential to attract significant levels of private investment.

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

NCS has worked with farmers to map how to increase biodiversity and #ecosystemservices on their land, and how they can practically afford to adopt these changes, see: tinyurl.com/bjtsb82d #StateofNaturalCapital report: tinyurl.com/mu2ycjua 📸: Annie Spratt, Unsplash

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Politicians may spin their tales but businesses recognise our reliance on nature: Reflections from the #UKBusinessandBiodiversityForum2025 (see photo carousel) #biodiversity #business #sustainability #PlanningandInfrastructureBill #economics #naturalcapital

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IPBES @ipbes.net · 23/10/2025

You can read the Business and Biodiversity Assessment Primer in all UN languages! 🏡🌍 The #BizBiodiversity Assessment will provide critical information to best measure the dependencies and impacts of business on nature. 🧪 👉 Read it here: ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

💼We're visiting London today! NCS is attending the #UKBusinessandBiodiversityForum2025 hosted by #Arup today. We're looking forward to attending more talks, gaining more insight (and doubtless more questions) this afternoon!

A crowd listens in as a female panel member speaks into a microphone in the right-hand side of the frame. Next to her and dominating the photo is a large screen displaying the panel and speakers names.

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

🐮Enclosed farmland covers around 43% of land in England, according to @naturalengland.bsky.social’s #StateofNaturalCapital report. Farmland provides locally-sourced animal production, cultivated crops, clean and plentiful water, and soil erosion control (to name a few)! Report: tinyurl.com/mu2ycjua

A row of young cows look over a grey stone wall, in the background, more cows can be seen eating the green grass of their field, with farm buildings, trees, and more iconic stone walls and fields stretching away into the distance.

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

🎉NCS is celebrating 5 years with Dr. Valentina Zini on our team! Dr. Zini’s expertise in GIS and coding in R makes her a highly valued member of our staff, who consistently delivers high-quality models of natural capital, ecosystem services and biodiversity opportunities.

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

🦞Impacts from marine invasive species (like #AmericanLobster, Homarus americanus) are increasing, according to @naturalengland.bsky.social's #StateofNaturalCapital report. Link to report: tinyurl.com/mu2ycjua 📸: Mauro Mari via Unsplash #INNS #marine #coastal #ecosystemservices

American lobster (Homarus americanus) served up on a blue plate with lemon and mussels.

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

💩According to @naturalengland.bsky.social's #StateofNaturalCapital report, pollution has a very high impact on English #coastalmargins, and a moderate impact on #marine habitats; this impact is set to continue. Link: publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/... 📸: Claudia Manas, Unsplash

A young girl pinches her nose as she dunks below the water's surface.

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

😮Due to over-exploitation of fishing resources, marine produce is at high-risk, according to @naturalengland.bsky.social's #StateofNaturalCapital report. Report link: t.co/iGxAXtnd5r UK gov't announcement on MPA bottom-trawling: tinyurl.com/56ynduz7 📸: Engin Akyurt, Unsplash

A close-up view of a surprised-looking salmon (Salmo salar) with its mouth wide open.

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

🎡 @naturalengland.bsky.social's #StateofNaturalCapital report states that land- and sea-use change currently has a very high impact on coastal ecosystems. t.co/YIdq0jxlSp Learn more about how to boost investment in our coastal towns and habitats: tinyurl.com/mu2ycjua 📸: Veerle Contant, Unsplash

Brighton's Palace Pier on a sunny day, with flags flying, pigeons wheeling overhead, and a view of the sea in the background.

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

⏰There’s still time! If you live in the #CambridgeshireandPeterboroughCouncil areas, you can still #HaveYourSay on the #LocalNatureRecoveryStrategy. 🗺️NCS developed the #LocalHabitatMap for this LNRS, it displays the most important areas identified for nature recovery. Explore: tinyurl.com/bdzjb6sh

The mapping portal view of the Local Habitat Map of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, with the area border outlined in blue. Areas that Could Become of particular importance for biodiversity are shown in orange in the area, according to the drop-down legend on the right hand side of the portal.

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

🦭 Marine and coastal benefits like produce from the sea, cultural benefits and thriving plants and wildlife are all at high-risk, according to @naturalengland.bsky.social's #StateofNaturalCapital report. Link: publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/... 📸 credit: Ray Harrington, Unsplash

A grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) seems to smile as they stretch out in the sun on a rocky outcrop covered in kelp and seaweed.

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

📢 #HaveYourSay! If you live in the Bedfordshire area, there is still time to have your say on the #LocalNatureRecoveryStrategy. NCS led the #BlueLens project, which identified opportunities for enhancing the #waterenvironment across Beds. Learn more: tinyurl.com/2zynmddz

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

🏖️Over the next few weeks, we will dive deeper into @naturalengland.bsky.social's #StateofNaturalCapital report, and the benefits, drivers of change and #naturebasedsolutions that can help turn the tides towards positive change in #marineecosystems and #coastalmargins. Source: tinyurl.com/c3urdzkx

A sea-view from a coastal cliff on a sunny day; above, a gull coasts on strong winds, below, the cliffside meets a sandy beach, dotted with large boulders and tidal pools, with erosion from the cliffsides spreading out on the beach.

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Natural Capital Solutions Ltd @nat-cap-sol.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

🎉We are pleased to share that our natural capital baseline assessment and enhancement plan for @ulsteruni.bsky.social's Coleraine and Knocktarna sites is a Finalist for the 2025 Nature & Biodiversity Award category at the @bitcuk.bsky.social Northern Ireland Responsible Business Awards! (1/3)

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