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 The 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 network of hundreds of academic and implementing institutions in the public and private sector around the world.
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Science
Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics
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)
Institute on the Environment
Department of Applied Economics
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
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.
Currently, we are significantly growing partnerships with academic collaborators for science innovation including the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), the University of Washington, the University of Vermont, and Xi’an Jiaotong University.
Asian Development Bank
Inter-American Development Bank
World Bank
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
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
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (USA)
Nepal Electricity Authority
Office of the Prime Minister, The Bahamas
Pakistan Forest Department
Pakistan Ministry of Agriculture
San Mateo County, CA, USA
Santa Cruz County, CA, USA
SC3 group (Sonoma, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz County Agencies, including Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority, Santa Clara Valley Water District) (California, USA)
Sonoma County, CA, USA
United States Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Defense
United States Environmental Protection Agency
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
United States Forest Service
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
Coca-Cola Company
Dow Chemical
Dupont Pioneer
Kering
Minnesota Blue Cross Blue Shield
Oyu Tolgoi
Unilever (Safety & Environmental Assurance Centre)
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 Singapore and ETH Zurich)
Rice University (Houston, TX, USA)
Royal University of Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
San Francisco Estuary Institute (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters (SSPEED) Center
Sustainability Science Program (Harvard University, MA, USA)
The Catalan Institute for Water Research (La Creueta, Spain)
University of California Berkeley (USA)
University of California Santa Cruz (USA)
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (Mozambique)
University of Exeter (UK)
University of Illinois (USA)
University of Rhode Island (USA)
University of Texas (USA)
University of The Bahamas (The Bahamas)
University of Washington (USA)
Washington State University (USA)
Xi’an Jiaotong University
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)
Downstream Strategies
Environmental Science Associates (ESA PWA)
FutureWater
Industrial Economics, Incorporated
SEV Consulting Group (The Bahamas)