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Guidance

Enabling a Natural Capital Approach (ENCA): Guidance

Enabling a Natural Capital Approach (ENCA) guidance is a comprehensive document providing information and resources for Natural Capital.

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Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
22 January 2020
Last updated
410 February 20252026 — See all updates

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ENCA guidance

ENCA guidance is a comprehensive document providing information and resources for Natural Capital. It covers:

  • the natural capital framework
  • economic valuation of the environment
  • how project or policy appraisal can incorporate natural capital
  • natural capital accounting principles and methods, benefits and challenges
  • applying natural capital at a local level

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Published 22 January 2020

Last updated 410 February 20252026 + show href="#full-history">+ show all updates

    3. Fixed an error with the numbering of subheadings in the PDF. Clarification on the updates published on 22 January 2025 - these updates included additional guidance on valuing biodiversity (section 2.8), proportionality in appraisal (section 3.4), and generating new income streams (section 5.5).

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Update history

2026-02-10 18:10
Updated ENCA guidance to align with the updated Green Book (2026).

2025-02-04 14:48
Fixed an error with the numbering of subheadings in the PDF.Clarification on the updates published on 22 January 2025 – these updates included additional guidance on valuing biodiversity (section 2.8), proportionality in appraisal (section 3.4), and generating new income streams (section 5.5).

2025-01-22 16:16
‘Enabling a Natural Capital Approach guidance’ attachments have been updated.

2023-07-19 12:24
This guidance has been updated to make it clearer, more concise and provide more up to date information.