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Natural Capital Monitor

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The National Forest

Natural capital is the elements of nature that directly or indirectly produce value to people including ecosystems, species, freshwater, land, minerals, air and oceans, as well as natural processes and functions.

The Midlands Engine has natural assets that bring many benefits to our region’s people and businesses. By valuing our Natural Capital we can protect the natural world, our economy and residents. Protecting and enabling the recovery of our natural world will help avert both the climate crisis and the decline of biodiversity. The Natural Capital Monitor places a value on our region’s natural assets so that we can better protect them.

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Peak District, Derbyshire

The Monitor is supported by Environment Agency, Natural England, Woodland Trust and the National Trust.

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Ten Point Plan for Green Growth in the Midlands Engine

Our Ten Point Plan for Green Growth in the Midlands Engine sets out, with a unified voice, the actions to be taken in partnership which will accelerate our region’s and the UK’s path to net zero.

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Dr James Cowan and Dr Caroline Livingstone at the STEP community event

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Mar 8 2024

New online tool launched to develop the vision for STEP Prototype Fusion Energy Power Plant

A team from UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has launched a new online tool to support the development of the STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production) vision for West Burton site, where the prototype fusion powerplant will be built to demonstrate net energy from fusion.

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Sir John Peace giving the keynote speech at the launch of the Midlands Forest Network.

Green Growth

Mar 5 2024

Midlands Engine Partnership launches the Midlands Forest Network

Midlands Engine partners came together to launch the Midlands Forest Network (MFN), a partnership that seeks to bring about new opportunities and investment for the protection, restoration and creation of woods and trees in the Midlands

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