Skip to main content

Help improve GOV.UK Sign up to take part in user research (opens in a new tab)

Biodiversity and ecosystems

Research and statistics

Skip to results
212 results that are All research and statistics, sorted by Updated (newest)
  • Natural Capital Committee (NCC) advice and recommendations on net environmental gain.

  • Definitions of the terms used by the Natural Capital Committee (NCC) in its advice.

  • This publication reports on a range of environmental indicators for Northern Ireland and provides links to government strategies.

  • Natural Capital Committee (NCC) advice and recommendations on soil management.

  • Natural Capital Committee (NCC) advice and recommendations on marine management.

  • This is the sixth annual report to the Economic Affairs Committee published by the Natural Capital Committee.

  • Information on techniques and systems to reduce the impact of large-volume intakes of cooling waters for new build nuclear power stations.

  • This project investigated the effectiveness of a technique for stopping the release of phosphorus from lake sediments.

  • A novel, DNA based method to monitor and assess the make-up of diatom communities in rivers.

  • This is the fifth annual report to the Economic Affairs Committee published by the Natural Capital Committee.

  • Details of the types of decisions for which natural capital values might be useful and some principles to guide the choice of approaches to valuation.

  • Explores the effects of existing run-of-river hydroelectric power schemes on communities of small freshwater animals.

  • This is the fourth annual state of natural capital report published by the Natural Capital Committee in January 2017.

  • Review of the key findings and lessons learned from the payments for ecosystem services (PES) pilot projects.

  • A study into the effectiveness of restoration measures to improve river habitats during low flows.

  • Investigates the effects of small-scale hydroelectric power schemes on fish.

  • A description of a tiered risk assessment framework for assessing risks to ecosystems from contaminants present in soil.

  • This is the final report of the Wildlife Law project.

  • Recommendations for improving the beef sector by better use of genetics.

  • Working papers and discussion papers produced by committee members during the NCC's initial term.