Mapping natural capital and ecosystem services in the Nene Valley Mapping Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services in the Nene Valley Mapping Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services in the Nene Valley Author: Dr Jim Rouquette Natural Capital Solutions & University of Northampton Contact details: Dr J.R. Rouquette Natural Capital Solutions Ltd www.naturalcapitalsolutions.co.uk
[email protected] Tel: 07790 105375 Report prepared for: Nene Valley NIA Project Publication date: December 2016 Version: Final Recommended citation: Rouquette, J.R. (2016). Mapping Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services in the Nene Valley. Report for the Nene Valley NIA Project. Natural Capital Solutions. Cover image: Sunset over Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows (John Abbott) Natural Capital Solutions Ltd i Mapping Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services in the Nene Valley Acknowledgements A large number of people contributed to this project. In particular I’d like to thank Stella Watts, Kat Harrold, Duncan McCollin, Janet Jackson and Jeff Ollerton, all from the University of Northampton. Jeff, in particular, oversaw and supported all of the work described in this report and chaired the steering group. Stella collated all of the biodiversity records described in Section 2.3 and gathered together many other data sets and GIS layers. Thanks to Nicholas Head and Kat Harrold who endured the task of manually mapping hedgerows in GIS, and to Gilles Jean-Louis who carried out preliminary work on hedgerow mapping and on the historic analysis (Chapter 3). Thanks also to Oliver Burke and Heather Proctor of the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire who were members of the steering group.