Ecosystem Planning in China
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.
Sustainable Development Planning
Optimizing Forest & Landscape Restoration, Colombia (Cartagena, Bucaramanga, Cucuta)
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
Coastal Zone Planning, Barbados
Incorporated ecosystem services into coastal zone planning. Partners: Inter-American Development Bank, the consulting firm Downstream Strategies, Barbados Coastal Zone Management Unit.
Marine & Coastal Spatial Planning, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
Developed all of the original Marine InVEST tools to use nature's benefits to inform coastal plans for Barkley and Clayoquot Sounds. Partner: West Coast Aquatic.
Flood Mitigation Assessment, Myanmar
Developing and testing a modeling approach to assess the flood mitigation service provided by natural ecosystems. Partners: Stanford Urban Resilience Initiative, WWF Myanmar, Stockholm Environmental Institute.
Innovations in Climate Resilient Coastal Zones, The Bahamas
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: IDB, NGOs, academics and governments of The Bahamas, Mexico, and Belize.
Land Mangement & Schools, Hawaii, USA
Using information about variation in ecosystem services and their diverse values to develop land management plans that best meet the diverse objectives of Kamehameha Schools, the largest private land-owner in Hawai'i.
Integrated Social Planning, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia
Working to integrate ecosystem service considerations into integrated spatial planning in Mondulkiri Province in Cambodia. Partner: WWF.
Coordinating Monarch Conservation Planning, USA
Developing and applying decision support tool to help US federal and state agencies to better coordinate large-scale land management plans for the monarch butterfly.
Innovations in Climate Resilient Coastal Zones, Mexico
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: IDB, NGOs, academics and governments of The Bahamas, Mexico, and Belize.
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