Ecosystems Knowledge Network

And that’s a wrap for the Northern Nature, Culture, and Place Forum! Thank you to everyone who joined us for this day of collaboration and meaningful discussions, exploring the rich connections between nature and culture in the North. Stay tuned over the next few days as we will share some of the key takeaways from the day... We are very grateful to our sponsor AtkinsRéalis and our partner the Northern Place and Culture Partnership for making this day possible. And a big thank you to our speakers and contributors: Clare Hayward, Tony Juniper CBE Natural England, Duncan Wilson Historic England, Shanaz Gulzar Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture, Kerenza McClarnan National Landscapes Association, Angela Jones Westmorland and Furness Council, Helen Featherstone The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Mike Innerdale National Trust, Sheona Southern, Dr Saira Ali FLI, Colm Bowe Nature North, Sarie Mairs Slee, David Haley, Laura Angel Swinton Estate, David Renwick, Tom Hind North York Moors National Park, Dee Grahamslaw United Utilities, Vera Jones, Pete Massey Arts Council England, Andrew Read, Lake District Foundation Looking forward to seeing you at future events 🌿 Interested in hearing about future events on Northern Nature, Culture and Place? Register your interest here: https://lnkd.in/dgNDMQCS

Last chance to sign-up! Don't miss our free webinar, today, at 1pm: Landscape Enterprise Networks (LENs): delivering resilient outcomes for businesses, communities and nature in Wales. Register now: https://lnkd.in/eVnGUBPf

One day to go! Join us tomorrow, Thursday 30th January, at 1pm for the first webinar of our new Welsh Forum | Finance for the Sustainable Management of Land and Water in Wales, to learn how the LENs model can work for Wales. Register now: https://lnkd.in/eVnGUBPf

📣 envecon 2025 Agenda Announcement 📣 Interested in meeting leading figures in #environmental #economics? Want to brush up on the latest and best #research in the field? The first agenda announcement for #envecon 2025 - UKNEE's annual applied environmental economics conference - is here! With sessions on: ⚡ #Energy #Transition 🌲 #Climate and #Nature 🧪 #Chemicals policy 🚗 #Transport Transition 😷 #Air and #Health We'll be there on Friday, March 14th at The Royal Society, London and hope you can join us too. Student tickets are almost sold out - but there are still standard tickets available at early bird prices (for now). Check out the agenda here 👉 https://lnkd.in/e2XQ54fD Speakers: Ara Jo; Guillaume Wald; Ed Manderson; Richard Tol; Profesor Edward Barbier; Youngho (Young) Kim; Thiago Morello; Ville Inkinen, Thea Marcelia Sletten; Vaios Triantafyllou; Prachi Singh; Johannes Benedikt Gessner; Yixin Sun; Yue He; Dr Luis Loria-Rebodello Posters: Thomas Bearpark; Jaume Freire González; Mark Collar; Vittoria Reas Scientific Committee: Silvia Ferrini, Diane Burgess, Mike Christie, Dr. Eugenie Dugoua, Ben Groom, Nicholas Hanley, Marion Dumas, Dan Rigby, Bateman Ian, Ioannis Kountouris Sponsors and partners: European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), LEEP Institute #environment #nature #climate #economics #business #policy #research #network

Join us this Thursday, 30th January, at 1pm for our free webinar to learn: ✅ How Landscape Enterprise Networks (LENs) connects businesses, farmers, and land managers to enhance landscapes and livelihoods. ✅ Real-world case studies of funding ecosystems for sustainable land management. ✅ Insights into the first LENs in Wales. Register now: https://lnkd.in/eVnGUBPf

📢 Join our upcoming webinar, Landscape Enterprise Networks (LENs): delivering resilient outcomes for businesses, communities and nature in Wales, to discover how LENs brings farmers, businesses, businesses, public bodies, NGOs, and other land managers together to enhance landscapes and livelihoods.   📅 30th January, 1pm To register: https://lnkd.in/eVnGUBPf   Our speaker, Will Stephens, LENs Commercial Relationships Advisor, 3Keel, will explore how By assembling diverse partnerships with a shared interest in the health and resilience of productive landscapes, LENs creates a framework for multiple landscape beneficiaries to pay farmers and landowners to protect and enhance ecosystem services. Drawing on case studies from other LENs regions, we will hear how the LENs model works in practice, and share exploratory work underway for a first LENs in Wales.   This webinar forms the first of our upcoming webinar series for our new Welsh Forum | Finance for the Sustainable Management of Land and Water in Wales. Sign up to our new Welsh Forum mailing list to stay in-the-know about future Wales-focused webinars, relevant news updates, and action from across Wales.   For more information, visit https://lnkd.in/eQJxeuyM #Wales #Sustainable #LandManagement

The Northern Nature, Culture and Place Forum in Leeds showcased how the natural assets and cultural richness of the North of England can be enhanced together. 🌿 How can we better leverage the natural heritage of Northern England to support a green recovery? Sarie Mairs Slee, Strategic Lead of the Northern Place and Culture Partnership, and Colm Bowe, Development Manager at Nature North, shared how Nature North’s Strategy for Investment in Nature for the North, will protect and enhance the North of England’s natural heritage; creating investable propositions and building partnerships. Also panel discussions championing the importance of taking bold leadership to maximise potential outcomes, and allowing time and flexibility when planning and funding projects. It was great to hear about the collaborative work already happening including in Bradford, Manchester, Lancaster, North York Moors National Park and Westmorland and Furness Council Ecosystems Knowledge Network The National Lottery Heritage Fund Greater Manchester Combined Authority Dee Grahamslaw Dr Saira Ali FLI Helen Featherstone Angela Jones Bruce Howard Clare Hayward AtkinsRéalis Mike Innerdale David Renwick Natural England National Trust Historic England

🌿 Nature, Culture, and Place: Shaping the Future of the North 🌿 Yesterday, I had the privilege of joining the Northern Nature, Culture, and Place Forum #NNCP25 in Leeds—an inspiring gathering of leaders, practitioners, and policymakers committed to exploring how the North’s unique #natural, #cultural, and #historicalheritage can drive sustainable #regeneration and community #revitalisation. As a panellist for Making the Case: Integrating Outcomes for Nature, Culture, and Economy in Pan-Northern Place Revitalisation—alongside Mike Innerdale Sheona Southern Helen Featherstone and chaired by Angela Jones —I was honoured to share insights from Bradford Council Landscape Design and Conservation Team. Our work is grounded in: 🔹 #CoCreation in #Placemaking: We ensure communities are at the heart of #shaping their landscapes. From large-scale urban redesigns to local neighbourhood projects, co-design helps us deliver multi-benefit outcomes such as economic regeneration, improved #publichealth, #climateresilience, and #biodiversity enhancement. 🔹 #Storytelling to Inspire Action: Making the case for investing in nature and culture requires effectively communicating their value. Through videos, detailed reports, and direct conversations with decision-makers, we aim to inspire bold action. 🔹 #Collaboration is Key: #Partnerships with #communities, funders, and agencies enable us to maximise impact by pooling resources, knowledge, and #innovation. Together, we create transformative outcomes. The forum opened with powerful messages from Shanaz Gulzar Creative Director of Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture who urged us to "grasp the vision" and identify opportunities to integrate natural, cultural, and historical heritage. Clare Hayward, Co-Chair of the Convention of the North. Keynotes and discussions featured contributions from: 🔸 David Renwick Vera Jones Tom Hind and Dee Grahamslaw on the value of investing in nature and culture 🔸 Tony Juniper CBE (Chair, Natural England and Duncan Wilson CBE (CEO, Historic England) on opportunities for national collaboration. 🔸 @Karezza McLarnan (Natural Landscapes Association) and Pete Massey Arts Council England on unlocking cross-sector funding to integrate heritage and place-making.David Haley Colm Bowe Sarie Mairs Slee Swinton Estate Bruce Howard Nature North The forum reaffirmed the North's unique opportunity to lead the way in integrating nature, culture, and place-making—let’s build on this momentum and continue shaping a #resilient and thriving future for our communities. It was an absolute pleasure to connect with passionate professionals Kabeer Bostan Bobsie Robinson Veronique Jasinski Bryn Jones Adam Greatrix Hannah Saxton Liz Wild Steph Hepworth Helen Golightly Andrew Read Adele Adams Rosalind Forbes Adam Sponsor AtkinsRéalis #Placemaking #NatureRecovery #CulturalHeritage #Collaboration #Leadership #Bradford #Leeds #NorthernVision Landscape Institute

📢 Last chance to book 📢 There are just a few tickets left for tomorrow's conference - book by the end of today to join us there ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/ehgs_UdX