Maddy JagoNatural England
Maddy Jago, Director, Landscape and Biodiversity
Ecosystems delivery in England
What I’m going to cover
• Natural Environment White Paper and Biodiversity 2020- new approaches to biodiversity delivery
• Valuing ecosystem services and biodiversity assets
• NEWP and Biodiversity 2020: a central role for AONBs
• To end with -three key questions for you
You are key players in delivering Government’s priorities for the natural environment
• 40% of the UK's species rich upland hay meadows
• 80% of England's Black Grouse (and the proposed Northern Upland Chain LNP has the whole population)
• over 20% of England's
blanket bog
North Pennines AONB – biodiversity hotspotNorth Pennines AONB
Yorkshire Peat Partnership
• A collaborative approach demonstrating landscape-scale principles
• Aim is to restore 70% (48,500ha) of Yorkshire’s blanket bog through a programme of grip blocking, gully restoration and bare peat re-vegetation by March 2024
• to raise awareness and promote the multitude of benefits that peatland restoration can provide to a wider audience.
Yorkshire Peatland partnership
Natural beauty and biodiversity
2011
Making Space
for Nature
– Lawton Report 2010
The policy context
Provisioning services
Fresh water
Food (eg crops, fruit, fish, etc)
Fibre and fuel (eg timber, wool, etc)
Genetic resources (used for crop/stock breeding and biotechnology)
Biochemicals, natural medicines, pharmaceuticals
Ornamental resources (eg shells, flowers, etc)
Regulatory services
Air quality regulation
Climate regulation (local temp. /precipitation, GHG sequestration, etc)
Water regulation (timing/scale of run-off, flooding, etc)
Natural hazard regulation (ie storm protection)
Pest regulation
Disease regulation
Erosion regulation
Water purification and waste treatment
Pollination
Cultural services
Cultural heritage
Recreation and tourism
Aesthetic value
Spiritual and religious value
Inspiration of art, folklore, architecture, etc
Social relations (eg fishing, grazing, cropping communities)
Supporting services
Soil formation
Primary production
Nutrient cycling (water recirculation in landscape)
Water recycling
Photosynthesis (production of atmospheric oxygen)
Provision of habitat
Thanks to Mark Everad from EA for this slide
What you don’t consider you may lose!
The ecosystem approach
Valuing nature and paying for ecosystem services
NOT about putting a value on every lapwing or flowerBut we must move away from the current market failure where the most environmentally damaging actions and products are often the cheapest.
Potential opportunity:•Better understanding of true impacts of actions•New markets could develop for some ecosystem services•New ‘partners’ and business opportunities•Better (and cost-effective) outcomes for society and biodiversity •Allowing better focus of scarcebiodiversity funding
“landscape means an area, as perceived by people, whose character is the result of the action and interaction of natural and/or human factors”
• Landscape is important, because it links culture with nature, and past with present.
• Landscape matters to people and encompasses ‘all ways of seeing’.
• The ELC applies to all landscapes everywhere, and in any condition.
European Landscape Convention
Mission:• halt biodiversity loss,• support healthy well-functioning ecosystems• establish coherent ecological networks• more & better places for nature for the benefit of wildlife and peopleHow?1.A more integrated large-scale approach2.Putting people at the heart of biodiversity3.Reducing environmental pressures4.Improving our knowledge
Biodiversity 2020 – Mission
Terrestrial Biodiversity Group
Responsibilities• 1A Better habitats• 1B More habitats• 1C Integrated
joined up approaches
• 1D Restoring ecosystems
• 3 Species
The challenges• The ecological
challenge: status quo is not enough
• The delivery challenge: ambitious targets, finite resources
• The engagement challenge: catalyse, connect, coordinate
NEWP – new approaches to biodiversity
New approaches to biodiversity
A sample of AONBs – a great contribution towards SSSI condition and biodiversity
AONBs and SSSI condition
1. Jurassic Coast - Dorset AONB, East Devon AONB
2. West Penwith – Cornwall AONB3. Big Chalk – North Wessex Downs
Cranborne Chase, and West Wiltshire Downs AONBs
4. Hampshire Farmers – Chilterns AONB
5. Lime & Ice – Howardian Hills AONB
6. Derwent Valley – North Pennines AONB
7. Wye Valley-Wye Valley AONB8. Connecting Cannock Chase –
Cannock Chase AONB
Working in partnership with you
The evidence base
• What role can your AONB play in delivering NEWP outcomes for biodiversity and ecosystem services?
• What can you do collectively as a family of protected landscapes to demonstrate your biodiversity successes?
• How can Natural England best help you?
Three key questions