Working to 1) target and value investments in natural capital and watershed management to reduce excess sediment to the Kaligandaki, a hydropower facility; and 2) build capacity for ongoing assessment, monitoring, and targeting.
Projects
Working to 1) target and value investments in natural capital and watershed management 2) to reduce excess sediment to the Mangla Reservoir 3) build capacity for ongoing assessment, monitoring, and targeting. Collaborators: World Bank, Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority, Forest Department, and Ministry of Agriculture.
Project Category: Sustainable Development Planning
NatCap is co-producing new science to support the Government of The Bahamas (Office of the Prime Minister and other Ministries) in conducting spatial development planning for greater ecosystem support of livelihoods and climate resilience.
Working to identify and test new data technologies for scaling the use of information on climate change, coastal processe, and ecosystem services into Integrated Coastal Zone Management across the Caribbean and Latin America.Collaborators: IDB, NGOs, academics and governments of The Bahamas, Mexico, and Belize.
Working to identify and test new data technologies for scaling the use of information on climate change, coastal processe, and ecosystem services into Integrated Coastal Zone Management across the Caribbean and Latin America. Partners: Stanford. Collaborators: IDB, NGOs, academics and governments of The Bahamas, Mexico, and Belize.
The Belizean government used InVEST to engage stakeholders and devise a plan that improves coastal protection, tourism and lobster revenues, while also reducing human impacts on coral reefs, mangroves, and seagrass beds.
Now other countries are looking to do the same.
Now other countries are looking to do the same.
Project Category: Sustainable Development Planning
Working to integrate ecosystem service considerations into integrated spatial planning in Mondulkiri Province in Cambodia. Partners: Stanford University, WWF.
Project Category: Sustainable Development Planning
Developed watershed management plans to conserve the ecosystems of coastal watersheds in the southern Gulf of California and the Gulf of Mexico in the face of climate change.
Project Category: Secure Freshwater
Working with IPBES to advance ecosystem services science globally.
Project Category: Sustainable Development Planning
Developed a new tool (RIOS) for targeting investments in watershed conservation and restoration (water funds) to improve services for the most people. Brought together stakeholders from across Latin America to create an accessible and applicable tool.
Project Category: Secure Freshwater
Co-developing guidelines and implementing monitoring programs to understand how investments in watershed conservation and restoration are improving ecosystem services and livelihoods in collaboration with water funds and research partner Camboriú.
Project Category: Secure Freshwater
Co-developing guidelines and implementing monitoring programs to understand how investments in watershed conservation and restoration are improving ecosystem services and livelihoods in collaboration with water funds and research partner Aquafondo.
Project Category: Secure Freshwater
Co-developing guidelines and implementing monitoring programs to understand how investments in watershed conservation and restoration are improving ecosystem services and livelihoods in collaboration with water funds and research partner FONAG.
Project Category: Secure Freshwater
Co-developing guidelines and implementing monitoring programs to understand how investments in watershed conservation and restoration are improving ecosystem services and livelihoods in collaboration with water funds and research partner Guandu.
Project Category: Secure Freshwater
Co-developing guidelines and implementing monitoring programs to understand how investments in watershed conservation and restoration are improving ecosystem services and livelihoods in collaboration with water funds and research partner Extrema.
Project Category: Secure Freshwater
Co-developing guidelines and implementing monitoring programs to understand how investments in watershed conservation and restoration are improving ecosystem services and livelihoods in collaboration with water funds and research partner INECOL.
Project Category: Secure Freshwater
Worked to understand linkages between land and sea--specifically, how activities in coastal watersheds might impact the delivery of ecosystem services from marine systems. Partners: Stanford University, The Nature Conservancy.
Project Category: Sustainable Development Planning
Developing a return on investment analysis of multiple ecosystem services and public goods provided by best management practices of Conservation Reserve Program lands, illustrating the value of land conservation programs in small, agricultural watersheds and landscapes. Partners: The Nature Conservancy, UMN IonE.
Project Category: Sustainable Development Planning
