Local Action Project 3

Tender description

This project will fund follow-up work to the Local Action Project that Defra funded previously which uses a range of metrics to communicate with local stakeholders. The objectives of this project will be to - 1. Develop an adaptable, scalable and universally applicable NC-based framework for local environmental partnerships to develop consistent and robust natural capital-based action plans that will - o incorporate all of the latest research and lessons learnt case studies relating to the ESS, NC and collaborative/partnership approaches being applied around the UK and the world; o allow local action plans to integrate/align with the plans of businesses (water stewardship, CSR, PES), the water industry (PR19 business plans, WRMPs), local planning authorities (local plans, strategic masterplans, SWMPs) and the Defra organisations (Pioneers, RBMP3, NCC, FRMPs). o include consideration of the full range of natural capital typologies and ESS benefits; o evaluate the impact of urban and rural areas on ecosystem resilience and natural capital value in the wider landscape; o take a fully integrated, whole systems and multi-sectoral approach to water management o develop an understanding of how ecosystem services benefits flow through different landscapes, how they interact with beneficiaries and how they can be 'budgeted' or partitioned between rural and urban sources; o be aligned with the Natural Capital Committee Guidance on the NC Approach and other guidance from projects such as the University of Exeter's SWEEP Programme; o remain consistent with the ethos and approach of the Defra Local Action Project to develop clear and engaging outputs in a variety of formats, style and 'languages' tailored to a wide array of audiences; o take account of and provide clear representation of the trade-offs in ESS NC benefits associated with different management options;