This policy brief is aimed at practitioners of both public, academic, and private institutions whose work may not specifically involve developing natural capital approaches but want to better understand how these concepts can be applied and the impacts natural capital thinking may have on their areas of work.

Policy Brief – Marine Natural Capital (masts.ac.uk)

This document aims to explain:
1. The origins of the natural capital concept
2. How natural capital can transform decision-making
3. Why monetary valuation can be useful
4. Natural capital approaches using non-monetary valuation
5. Opportunities to embed natural capital approaches

Produced in November 2023

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