Investing in tourism through wildlife and roads

To keep tourism revenue flowing, a new method uses NASA satellites and social media to show the benefits of investing in nature — and some roads to get to it.
 

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Recent Press & Publications

NASA satellites reveal secrets of nature and tourism in Costa Rica
Irene Rodriguez | La Nación | March 27, 2022

Restoring Mongolia's Ecosystem, One Goat at a Time.
Marissa Kunerth | NASA Applied Science | December 16, 2021.

Arteries: rivers to explore 
Water Science Policy & 360info | February 28, 2022

Echeverri, A., Smith, J. R., MacArthur-Waltz, D., Lauck, K. S., Anderson, C. B., Monge Vargas, R., Alvarado Quesada, I., Wood, S. A., Chaplin-Kramer, R., & Daily, G. C. (2022). Biodiversity and infrastructure interact to drive tourism to and within Costa Rica. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(11), e2107662119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2107662119 

Flecker, A. S., Shi, Q., Almeida, R. M., Angarita, H., Gomes-Selman, J. M., García-Villacorta, R., Sethi, S. A., Thomas, S. A., Poff, N. L., Forsberg, B. R., Heilpern, S. A., Hamilton, S. K., Abad, J. D., Anderson, E. P., Barros, N., Bernal, I. C., Bernstein, R., Cañas, C. M., Dangles, O., … Gomes, C. P. (2022). Reducing adverse impacts of Amazon hydropower expansion. Science, 375(6582), 753–760. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abj4017

Sarira, T. V., Zeng, Y., Neugarten, R., Chaplin-Kramer, R., & Koh, L. P. (2022). Co-benefits of forest carbon projects in Southeast Asia. Nature Sustainability, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-00849-0

Smith, O. M., Kennedy, C. M., Echeverri, A., Karp, D. S., Latimer, C. E., Taylor, J. M., Wilson-Rankin, E. E., Owen, J. P., & Snyder, W. E. (2022). Complex landscapes stabilize farm bird communities and their expected ecosystem services. Journal of Applied Ecology, n/a(n/a). https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14104

Villarreal-Rosas, J., Vogl, A. L., Sonter, L. J., Possingham, H. P., & Rhodes, J. R. (2021). Trade-offs between efficiency, equality and equity in restoration for flood protection. Environmental Research Letters, 17(1), 014001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac3797

Press

Returning to Our Roots: How Nature Prescriptions Can Help Patients. By Molly MacGilbert. March 18, 2022. Medscape.

Naturaleza e infraestructura: un equilibrio posible para turismo sostenible. By Claudia Mazzeo. March 17, 2022. América Latina y El Caribe.

Off The Record: Kill the bill. By Mike Kenna. March 16, 2022. Golfdom.

Researchers Map Wildlife in Costa Rica to Keep Tourism Revenue Flowing. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes. March 2, 2022. EcoWatch.

Researchers map wildlife and infrastructure to maximize tourism in Costa Rica. By Sarah Cafasso. February 28, 2022. Phys.org.

What Does Building Back Better Look Like? By Ashley Braun. February 23, 2022. Hakai Magazine.

New computational tool can guide sustainable dam siting to protect ecosystem services. By Addrew Shawn. February 18, 2022. Verve Times.

Reducing negative impacts of Amazon hydropower expansion on people and nature: New computational tool can guide sustainable dam siting to protect ecosystem services. By Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. February 17, 2022. ScienceDaily. 

Conservation-Friendly Farming Can Benefit Both Birds and Crops. By Olivia Smith. January 20, 2022. Cool Green Science. 

Bird-friendly agriculture: finding the right balance to benefit birds and farmers. By BES Press Office. January 19, 2022. British Ecological Society. Also in The Applied Ecologist and MSU. 

Let's Get Down & Dirty - Soil Needs Cleantech. By Carolyn Fortuna. January 11, 2022. CleanTechnica.