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With our global hub at Stanford University, the Natural Capital Project is a collaboration among academic partners including the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Stockholm Resilience Centre, and the University of Minnesota together with core implementing partners including Natural Capital InsightsThe Nature Conservancy, and World Wildlife Fund.

We advance science and create actionable tools to bring the values of nature into decisions. Our work is inspired by, created with, and implemented through our global network of more than 150 research partners and more than 350 implementing partners in the public and private sectors. 

Partners

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Research Center for Eco-Environmental Science

Natural Capital Insights

A consulting firm, grown from the Natural Capital Project.

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics

Stockholm Resilience Centre

Stockholms Universitet

The Nature Conservancy

TNC-Carribean

TNC Brazil

TNC California

TNC Colombia

TNC Latin America Region

TNC Global Marine Program

TNC Latin America Region

TNC Latin America Region

TNC Mexico and Northern Central America

TNC- Central Science

TNC-CA

TNC-Kenya

TNC-TX

TNC-WA

TNC, Bahamas National Trust (Gov of bahamas)

University of Minnesota

Institute on the Environment

NatCap TEEMs (Department of Applied Economics)

WWF

WWF – Care Alliance

WWF – Coastal East Africa

WWF - Belize

WWF - Bhutan

WWF - Cambodia

WWF-Colombia

WWF-Indonesia

WWF-Mozambique

WWF-Myanmar

WWF-Nepal

WWF-Peru

WWF-Sumatra

WWF-US

WWF-US Latin America and Caribbean Program

Network Collaborators (Partial List)

In addition to working with our core partners, we collaborate with governments, corporations, universities, and other non-profit organizations to co-lead "use cases," integrate ecosystem services approaches into major natural resource decisions, and improve the state of biodiversity and human well-being by motivating greater and more cost-effective investments in both. 

Multilateral Institutions

Asian Development Bank

Inter-American Development Bank

World Bank

Global Networks

Bioversity International

Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO-BON)

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

International Union for Conservation of Nature Eastern & Southern African Region (IUCN-ESARO, Malawi)

International Union for Conservation of Nature Mexico Central America and the Caribbean Region (IUCN-ORMACC; Costa Rica, El Salvador)

International Union for Conservation of Nature South America Region (IUCN-SUR; Brazil-Espirito Santo)

Latin American Conservation Council

Project for Ecosystem Services

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)

World Agroforestry Center

Government

Barbados Coastal Zone Management Unit

Bay Area Conservation and Development Commission (San Francisco, CA, USA)

Bay Area Regional Collaborative (San Francisco, CA, USA)

Belize Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute

California Coastal Commission

Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR)

City of Balneario Camboriú, Brazil

City of Extrema, Brazil

City of Minneapolis, MN, USA

City of St. Paul, MN, USA

Costa Rican Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE)

Dept. of Soil Conservation and Watershed Management (Kathmandu, Nepal)

Government of Myanmar

Guandu (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Himachal-Pradesh Department of Forests (India)

Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment (China)

Iowa Department of Natural Resources (USA)

Leg-Citizen Council on Minnesota Resources (Minnesota, USA)

Legislative Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) (Minnesota, USA)

Marin County, CA, USA

Minnesota Department of Health, USA

Monterey County, CA, USA

Myanmar Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation

Nation

NGOs

Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS) Network

American Wind Wildlife Institute (USA)

Bahamas Reef Environment and Education Fund

Centro de Estudio y Conservación del Patrimonio Natural (CECPAN) (Chile)

Centro De Investigacion De La Caña De Azucar (CENICAÑA) (Colombia)

Compass

Healthy Reefs for Healthy People Initiative

Kamehameha Schools (Hawai`i, USA)

Mass Audubon (MA, USA)

Netherlands Development Organization (SNV World)

Northern Rangelands Trust (Kenya)

Perry Institute for Marine Science

Point Blue Conservation Science

Saint Paul Riverfront Corporation (St. Paul, MN, USA)

The Trust for Public Land (USA)

United States Golf Association

Wildlife Conservation Society

Corporations

Allegheny Health Network

Coca-Cola Company

Dow Chemical

Dupont Pioneer

Guggenheim Partners

Kering

Microsoft

Minnesota Blue Cross Blue Shield

Morgan Stanley

Oyu Tolgoi

Planet Labs

Pw

Unilever (Safety & Environmental Assurance Centre)

Academic & Research Institutions

Bard College (New York, USA)

Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University (New York, USA)

Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) (Cambridge, England)

Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

Clark Labs, Clark University (Worcester, MA, USA)

National Patagonian Center, Scientific and Technological Center of the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET-CENPAT)

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)

International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD)

Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont (Vermont, USA)

Hainan Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (China)

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Institute of Ecology (Mexico)

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

King’s College London (London, England)

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) (Singapore)

Natural Capital Singapore (National University of

Water Funds

Agua por la Vida (Cauca Valley, Colombia)

Aquafondo (Lima, Peru)

Bogota Water Funds (Bogota, Colombia)

Fund for the Protection of Water (FONAG) (Quito, Ecuador)

Latin American Water Funds Partnership

Medellin Water Fund (Colombia)

Upper Tana-Nairobi Water Fund (Kenya)

Upper Tana-Nairobi Water Fund Steering Committee (Kenya)

Environmental Consultants

Downstream Strategies

Environmental Science Associates (ESA PWA)

FutureWater

Industrial Economics, Incorporated

SEV Consulting Group (The Bahamas)