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
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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.
🐮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
American lobster (Homarus americanus) served up on a blue plate with lemon and mussels.
🦞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
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#INNS #marine #coastal #ecosystemservices
A young girl pinches her nose as she dunks below the water's surface.
💩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/...
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A close-up view of a surprised-looking salmon (Salmo salar) with its mouth wide open.
😮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
Brighton's Palace Pier on a sunny day, with flags flying, pigeons wheeling overhead, and a view of the sea in the background.
🎡 @naturalengland.bsky.social's #StateofNaturalCapital report states that land- and sea-use change currently has a very high impact on coastal ecosystems.
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Learn more about how to boost investment in our coastal towns and habitats: tinyurl.com/mu2ycjua
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A grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) seems to smile as they stretch out in the sun on a rocky outcrop covered in kelp and seaweed.
🦭 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/...
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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.
🏖️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 spray of bright pink rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum) sticks out in an otherwise lush green forest.
⚠️In England's urban ecosystems, invasive species currently have a moderate impact on the extent and condition of urban habitats and their impact is increasing, see @naturalengland.bsky.social's #StateofNaturalCapital report.
Source: t.co/rSwFCf6rX1
📸: Annie Spratt via Unsplash
A couple walk their dog on a hot day, passing a bicycle on a post. They walk along a road with brick buildings and walls next to them, in the background, green trees and hanging baskets can be seen.
🥵It's baking!
England is now considerably below national targets on local greenspaces, both “on our doorsteps” and in the wider neighbourhood, see @naturalengland.bsky.social's #StateofNaturalCapital report.
Source: publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/...
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Calm waters at the docks in Liverpool on a sunny day, a blue and white boat slowly motors by, and the iconic cityscape rests in the background.
⛵Blue spaces provide cool havens on hot summer days and other benefits like flood protection, cultural benefits, and clean and plentiful water, see @naturalengland.bsky.social’s #StateofNaturalCapital report.
Source: publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/...
📸: Chris Porter via Unsplash
🏭In England’s urban areas, #pollution has a very-high impact on urban green and blue spaces’ condition and extent. This trend is set to remain at a very-high level, see @naturalengland.bsky.social’s #StateofNaturalCapital report.
publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/...
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#StateofNaturalCapital @naturalengland.bsky.social
🚣What’s your favourite urban greenspace?
💚Urban green and blue spaces are full of variety but in England, urban ecosystem assets are at medium-high risk, due to drivers such as pollution and land-use change, see @naturalengland.bsky.social’s #StateofNaturalCapital report.
Link: tinyurl.com/c3urdzkx
A busy bumblebee wends its way through a field of dandelions, white clover and wild grasses.
🐝In light of #WorldBeeDay this week, we want to raise awareness that the decline of bumblebees since the 1960's in the UK has been linked to the decline in semi-natural grasslands, see @naturalengland.bsky.social's #StateofNaturalCapital report.
tinyurl.com/c3urdzkx
📸: Avani Mann, Unsplash
A single red poppy in bloom amidst a crowd of wild grasses.
💚At NCS we are pleased with our contribution to @naturalengland.bsky.social's #StateofNaturalCapital report, which takes the first, pivotal step of describing and directing actions towards assets like semi-natural grasslands that need action now.
Link: tinyurl.com/c3urdzkx
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A large expanse of tall grassland, spotted with yellow buttercups, is surrounded by woodland. In the top left of the frame, a branch full of English Oak (Quercus robur) leaves pokes out.
🤔 How can grasslands combat the #climatecrisis?
Check out the caption below to learn more!
Source: publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/...
📸: Andrew Hall via Unsplash
@naturalengland.bsky.social #StateofNaturalCapital
A Dark Green Fritillary (Speyeria aglaja) butterfly on a knapweed flower.
🐝What’s the buzz?
The biodiversity of semi-natural grasslands is at medium-high risk, according to @naturalengland.bsky.social's #StateofNaturalCapital report. This places benefits, like pollination and natural pest management, at risk.
tinyurl.com/c3urdzkx
📸: Nick Windsor, Unsplash
A rather grumpy looking Great Tit (Parus major) waits out a rainstorm on a metal plant pot hanger. A textbox outlined in blue sits above them.
☔It’s raining again!
💧For semi-natural grasslands, impacts from climate change (like drought and flooding) are set to increase, and place grassland assets at medium-high risk, according to @naturalengland.bsky.social's #StateofNaturalCapital report.
tinyurl.com/c3urdzkx
📸: Saad Chaudry, Unsplash
🐑It's lambing season!
🐝Farm management changes have put benefits, like pollination and reared animal outputs, at medium to medium-high risk, according to @naturalengland.bsky.social #StateofNaturalCapital report.
Source: publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/...
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🩺 Health check!
🤒 Wetlands and freshwaters in England provide loads of benefits but their health is at high risk, according to @naturalengland.bsky.social #StateofNaturalCapital report. They are currently facing many pressures, from climate and #landusechange, to pollution and #invasivespecies. 1/3
🎉 Welcome, beavers!
🦫 Beaver reintroduction comes at a critical time for our wetlands and freshwaters, when all ecosystem assets and benefits from these habitats are at high risk, according to @naturalengland.bsky.social's #StateofNaturalCapital report. Beaver's return to the landscape is...(1/3)
...are in peril from land and sea-use change. During the late 19th century - 1980s, 75% of English ponds were lost, according to @naturalengland.bsky.social's #StateofNaturalCapital report.
☀️On the sunnier side, recently, between 1998-2007 there was a positive increase (18%!) in the number of..(2/3)
@naturalengland.bsky.social's #StateofNaturalCapital report.
🦉It’s time to use our modern-day technology and skills to RESTORE these precious habitats and the wide range of assets and species that depend on them.
Source: publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/....
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...of the climate crisis, such as local climate regulation, flood risk reduction and carbon storage. However, @naturalengland.bsky.social 's #StateofNaturalCapital report found that climate change and population growth's negative impact on the extent and condition of these ecosystems assets'...(2/3)
... #agriculturalpractices and #wastewatertreatment, this relationship has become quite #toxic. @NaturalEngland's #StateofNaturalCapital report found that pollution is putting the extent and condition of wetlands and freshwaters asset's at high risk.
🫶Let's make wetlands and freshwaters...(2/3)
