Page 2 - The Hidden Value of our Green Spaces - Jan 17

GREEN SPACES... UNDERSTANDING THEIR VALUE

The Land Trust is dedicated to providing free public open space for the benefit of communities.
Our green spaces are more than just places for recreation and amenity - they also provide
important functions to society.

OUR BELIEF NATURAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTING
Well maintained green spaces perform important
High quality, well maintained green functions which have an economic value, such as
space benefits everyone and as a land absorbing pollution, which provides people with
management charity, we know that they: clean air and reduces pressures on public services.
These functions are known as ‘ecosystem services’.
• Contribute to economic prosperity by helping By understanding what an area of land is made
alleviate costs to businesses and the public purse up of, its quality, how it is managed, used and the
functions it performs, we can better understand
• Support and enhance the services provided for the value it provides to a local or wider area, to
‘free’ by the natural environment businesses, communities and society.
Natural Capital Accounting is a recognised way of
• Give people a place to improve their own health demonstrating this in physical and monetary terms.
and wellbeing

• Offer people educational opportunities
• Encourage community cohesion and reduces social

isolation.

BRINGING PEOPLE

TOGETHER

C R E AT I N G

STRONG

COMMUNITIES

HELPING US BE places to
DISCOVER
healthy AND LEARN

& happy

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