The Biosphere Futures project - www.biospherefutures.net - offers an online database of scenario planning case studies from all over the world. The overarching aim is to support sustainable development of the Biosphere. We focus on scenarios that explore the interactions and interdependencies between humans and ecosystems. Partners: Stockholm Resilience Centre, NatCap Stanford. Collaborators:Azote, Colectivo Fractal.
This 18-month project employs NatCap's well-tested participatory process to build support for a more sustainable development pathway by co-producing knowledge of ecosystem services and the benefits they bring to communities in collaboration with scientists, policy experts, and leaders in the Llanos de Moxos region in Beni, Bolivia. Collaborators: Center for Research in Biodiversity and the Environment at the Autonomous University of Beni, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bolivia, FaunAgua, Armonía, Department for Archaeology of the Americas at the University of Bonn.
Combining ecosystem services and stakeholder engagement to enable sustainable development of an expanding tourism and transit region. Partners: Inter-American Development Bank, Economic Development Council in the Office of the Prime Minister of Belize, University of Belize.
Developing an ecosystem-based, sustainable management plan for a key biodiversity region in the west of Belize, in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank, the Economic Development Council of the Government of Belize, the University of Belize, and local communities.
Through investments of more than US$150 billion in conservation and development initiatives since 2000, China has established the highest rate of reforestation worldwide, while alleviating poverty in rural inland regions.
Identified reforestation areas based on ecosystem services and their benefits to people. Co-developed and applied the Restoration Opportunities Optimization Tool (ROOT), an ecosystem service software tool, to identify restoration opportunities that provide the greatest benefits at the lowest cost. Published the analysis for these 6 cities as part of The Nature Conservancy's 2017 report titled Beyond the Source: The environmental
Developing guidance and approaches for incorporating natural capital information into road planning and investments in Latin America and the Caribbean. Collaborator: Inter-American Development bank.
Technical support to apply the RIOS watershed planning tool to guide climate adaptation planning. Partners: Stanford University, The Nature Conservancy. Collaborator: International Tropical Agriculture Center (CIAT), and The World Bank.
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.
Incorporating benefits provided by nature into a set of province-wide plans for the marine environment. Collaborator: BC Marine Planning Partnership (MaPP).
