envecon 2026 Call for Papers, Lessons Learned from The First Year of The BNG in England, Nature Recovery and Economic Growth in Nature England's New Corporate Strategy
- Dec 30, 2025
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In this month's newsletter, November 2025
Important dates for envecon 2026
1st December: Deadline for call for papers
20th March: Conference day!
UKNEE monthly webinar: Lessons learned from the first year of the Biodiversity Net Gain Market (BNG) in England
What does the distribution of BNG demand look like?
What does a well-functioning BNG market look like?
Nature recovery and economic growth in Nature England's new corporate strategy
Over 200 organisations engaged in developing the strategy
envecon 2026 Call for Papers & Posters
Submit your abstract by 1 December 2025
The call for papers and posters for envecon 2026, UKNEE’s annual applied environmental economics conference, is now open! The event will take place on March 20th, 2026, at the Royal Society, London.
This year’s theme focuses on ensuring nature stays part of the political and business conversations. We have the evidence showing economic goals cannot be achieved without due consideration of nature and climate. Let’s share that and discuss practical pathways for policy and markets that can achieve nature and climate positive growth.
Papers covering jobs, growth, finance, resilience in all sectors are encouraged. Please consider submitting any work you’d like to present and share this call across your networks and organisations to invite others to apply.
You can find more information, including the submission instructions, here.
Lessons learned from the first year of the Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) market
Next Webinar, December 3, with Ian Dickie and Angus (eftec) and Ali Plummer (Wildlife and Countryside Link)
December 3, 12:15 - 13:15
Click here for more details and to register
We’re pleased to welcome Ian, Angus, and Ali, who will present lessons learned from the first year of the BNG market in England, using data from the market.
The webinar will cover findings from two studies. The first analysed the distribution of BNG demand and exemptions across different site sizes and highlighted potential misuse of the de minimis exemption. The second explored what a well-functioning BNG market could look like.
Meeting development needs through habitat creation and enhancement is estimated to contribute £135 million in economic output and support 1,300 jobs annually. A well-functioning market could almost double these figures, reaching £250 million in output and 2,450 jobs.
Summaries for the projects can be found here.
Nature recovery and economic growth in Natural England's new corporate strategy
Over 200 organisations engaged in developing the strategy
More than 200 organisations from business, local government, and community groups contributed to Natural England’s new corporate strategy. The strategy reflects the agency’s ambition to make nature recovery a core element of economic growth, health and wellbeing, and national security.
Natural England’s updated approach prioritises outcomes such as restoring natural systems, delivering greener homes and infrastructure, expanding access to green and blue spaces, and strengthening national security and climate adaptation. This represents a shift away from site-by-site or species-by-species interventions toward landscape- and seascape-scale nature recovery.
To achieve this, Natural England aims to empower local decision-making and place-based solutions, establishing green finance mechanisms that give investor confidence, and improve alignment across policies and actions by advising on how nature recovery can support wider government ambitions.
See more here.
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