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Description: The Greater Manchester Natural Capital Group is an ambassador for the natural environment. It is made up of representatives from the public, private and third sectors who are all working together to protect nature. The group gives advice to the GMCA on natural environment issues including how to stop the effects of climate change and lower emissions.
Our natural environment gives us so much. Without nature, we wouldn’t have clean water, clean air, food, timber, flood protection or green spaces to relax in. The value of nature and the benefits it brings need protecting and enhancing.
Nature encompasses everything from forests and fields to rivers and reed beds. But it also includes canals and reservoirs, and urban green space, such as gardens, parks and street trees. It’s the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the soil we dig in our allotments and the earth we build on.
Within the boundaries of Greater Manchester, there are:
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