Nature-Based Urban Planning, Lishui, China
Assessing urban ecosystem services and promote nature-based solutions in urban planning in China using InVEST tools. 1 of 5 Chinese pilot cities. Partners: Stanford University, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Current
Conserving Rivers though Strategic Trade-off Analyses, Nepal
Conserving Nepal's Rivers through strategic trade-off analyses. Partners: WWF International, WWF Nepal, NatCap. Collaborator: Lawrence Berkeley Labs.
The Challenge
Trying to quantify ecosystem values related to Nepal's rivers and especially in the Karnali River. This information is then used to find good trade-offs between Nepal's wish to develop more renewable hydropower and possible impacts of dams on rivers and people.
Financing Natural Capital in Colombia
To achieve lasting development visions in the Colombian Caribbean, such as enhancing tourism and providing water for a planned regional aqueduct, it is critically important to safeguard the natural capital assets that underpin the region’s economy, culture, and wellbeing.
Green Finance
The Natural Capital Project is working with multilateral development banks (MDBs) and three countries to advance national-level development plans to set standards, policies, and spatial zoning guidelines based on a systematic approach to quantifying the contributions of nature to human well-being. The countries — Belize, Colombia, and Costa Rica — were selected for both their opportunity to demonstrate the benefits from natural capital-based planning and their salience with key multilateral or government investors.
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.
Innovations in Climate Resilient Coastal Zones, 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.Collaborators: IDB, NGOs, academics and governments of The Bahamas, Mexico, and Belize.
Forest Restoration & Water Management, California, USA
Exploring whether forest restoration benefits have the potential to significantly impact water management objectives when considering the complex realities of water management infrastructure and institutions. Partners: Stanford University, The Nature Conservancy. Collaborators: Stanford's Water in the West, Placer County Water Agency, Blue Forest Conservation
Nature-Based Urban Planning, Beijing, China
Assessing urban ecosystem services and promote nature-based solutions in urban planning in China using InVEST tools. 1 of 5 Chinese pilot cities. Partners: Stanford University, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Integrated Social Planning, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia
Working to integrate ecosystem service considerations into integrated spatial planning in Mondulkiri Province in Cambodia. Partners: Stanford University, 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.
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