In 2022, UKRI funded nine short projects to synthesise current knowledge and evidence in the economics of biodiversity.
The following documents present the outcomes of these projects:
Assigning economic value to biodiversity: the promise and perils of biodiversity credits
Principal Investigator: Professor Richard Field, University of Nottingham
Biodiversity and the water cycle: can rewilding mitigate the impacts of hydrological extremes?
Principal Investigator: Dr Gemma Harvey, Queen Mary University of London
Biodiversity metrics and biodiversity values for the public appraisal of biodiversity: synthesising and extending the evidence
Principal Investigator: Professor Ben Groom, University of Exeter
Core principles for integrated models for ecosystem management
Principal Investigator: Dr Daniel Bearup, University of Kent
Economic benefits of pollination to global food systems - evidence and knowledge gaps
Principal Investigator: Professor Simon Potts, University of Reading
Rewarding landowners and land managers for conserving biodiversity
Principal Investigator: Professor Nick Hanley, University of Glasgow
Synthesis and critical assessment of management tools to mainstream biodiversity in decision-making in the private sector
Principal Investigator: Dr Pamela Katic, University of Greenwich
Synthesizing evidence in the economics of farm environmental biodiversity
Principal Investigator: Professor Riccardo Scarpa, University of Durham
Understanding the economic recovery potential of investing in biodiversity in the Global South
Principal Investigator: Professor Nathalie Seddon, University of Oxford