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[Prosperity] springs from nature.
At The Natural Capital Project we’re developing practical tools and approaches to account for nature’s contributions to society, so that leaders of countries, companies, communities, and organizations worldwide can make smarter decisions for a more sustainable future.
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What We’re Up To
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Natural Capital Project co-founder Gretchen Daily awarded BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award for InVEST Software
MADRID, 5 February 2019 – The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Ecology and Conservation Biology category has gone in this eleventh edition to Gretchen Daily and Georgina Mace, two “visionary” ecologists who have developed vital tools facilitating science-based policies “to combat species loss.”
read moreNew Direction for Urban Nature-Based Solutions
By Sarah Cafasso | January 11, 2019 Two out of every three people will live in urban areas by 2050. In a new Nature Sustainability review article, a team of researchers explore how urban nature can affect the health and well-being of city-dwellers. Urban areas face...
read moreProtecting Pollinator Habitats through Smart Seed Mixes
Farmers and conservationists agree: bee habitats need to be protected.
read moreBringing Natural Capital to Cities: Paris
Paris, the City of Lights, the City of Love… and the region that 7 out of 10 inhabitants would like to leave!
read moreFire and the Future of California Forests
This story was originally posted by the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment https://woods.stanford.edu/news/fire-and-future-california-forests
The perennial threat of wildfire is a growing reality for many California communities. In 2017, almost 9,000 wildfires burned over one million acres of California’s forests and communities across the state, with major fires burning as late as December. Longer, more frequent droughts, higher temperatures, and unpredictable winds from climate change all factor in to the developing landscape of fire modeling and resiliency in California.
read moreWin–Win for Wildlife and Ranching
This story was originally posted by the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment here https://woods.stanford.edu/news/win-win-wildlife-and-ranching
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