Ep. 28 Experts in the Field: Monetising natural capital – opportunities for landowners

The Farms, Estates & Rural Land team at Foot Anstey bring you the next episode of the firm's popular podcast series which provides insights and practical advice on important issues for agriculture and rural business.

Partner and Head of Farms, Estates & Rural Land, Edward Venmore is joined by Senior Associate, Kate Lucas, to discuss how landowners can make the most of the opportunities natural capital has to offer.

Edward and Kate are also joined by Tom Bridge, Head of Natural Capital at Real Wild Estates. Tom is an independent natural capital consultant who has been specialising in this area since 2018. He was involved in the Warwickshire Pilot, the first pilot to test biodiversity net gain.

What's in this episode?

In this episode, our experts discuss how landowners can unlock opportunities on their property to help restore and improve nature in a way that provides a sustainable income stream for the landowner as well.

With rising costs affecting many rural businesses across the country, landowners are looking for new ways to diversify their income streams. As part of that diversification, many landowners are looking to natural capital markets as opportunities to receive payments for producing environmental goods and services on their land.

Useful resources

• Farms, Estates & Rural Land team: Farms, Estates and Rural Land | Foot Anstey

• Natural Capital: Natural Capital | Foot Anstey

• Succession & Tax team: Succession and Tax | Foot Anstey

• Real Wild Estates: Real Wild Estates | LinkedIn

Access all the previous episodes our podcast via our dedicated Experts in the Field podcast page.