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Natural Capital Project Newsletter, October 2020 
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To protect nature's benefits, focus on people


New NatCap-led paper calls for ecosystem service scientists to better consider people’s diverse needs for increased impact. Watch the 1 min explainer video.

An economic boost from nature


Countries like Belize are finding new ways to supplement their devastated ecotourism-driven economies during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Birds' cultural benefits


Around the world, birds are deeply embedded in human culture. New research finds the birds people value most are under the greatest threat from deforestation and climate change.

A new training hack


With the global pandemic changing how people around the world can collaborate and learn, NatCap piloted a new virtual training approach with partners in Mongolia.

Looking to learn more about InVEST in a small group, hands-on setting? Meet the NatCap Crash Courses! Join the first in our new series, focused on InVEST's Habitat Quality Model, on November 16 and 19.  In three hours split between two days, you'll have the opportunity to engage directly with our expert instructor, receive personalized support, and build your InVEST toolkit. Learn more & register here.

Recent Press & Publications

 

Capitalism without natural capital isn’t sustainable
Michael J. Coren | Quartz | September 24, 2020

Focus on people to put a value on nature 
Natalie Parletta | Cosmos Magazine | October 13, 2020

Set ambitious goals for biodiversity and sustainability
Diaz et al. | Science | October 23, 2020

 
 
Bremer, L., & Kate, B. (2020, August 14). Who are we measuring and modeling for? Supporting real-world watershed management. Global Water Forum. 

Cafasso, S. (2020, October 12). To protect nature’s benefits, focus on people. ScienceDaily. 

Companies Value Resources Through Natural Capital Accounting. (2013, June). Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies.

Eurasia Review. (2020, October 15). To Protect Nature’s Benefits, Focus On People. Eurasia Review

Gund Institute for the Environment. (2020, August 17). Bee Neighborly: Sharing Bees Helps More Farmers. The University of Vermont. 

Hays, B. (2020, October 12). Stanford scientists call for human-focused approach to conservation. UPI.

Horgan, B., Lonsdorf, E., Janke, B., & Nootenboom, C. (2020, September 4). Ecosystem Services Provided by Golf Courses. USGA. 

Horton, M. (2020, August 31). Rebalancing Agricultural and Natural Land. Stanford: Water in the West. 

Illingworth, S. (2020, August 21). The Tragedy of the Bees. The Poetry of Science. 

Kerlin, K. (2020, October 10). Deforestation and climate change threaten the most beloved wild birds – Daily Democrat. Daily Democrat. 

Levitt, S. D. (n.d.). The Simple Economics of Saving the Amazon Rain Forest (Ep. 428). Freakonomics. Retrieved August 3, 2020.

Linares, O. (2020, October 8). Cambio climático podría acabar con las aves que más queremos. TekCrispy

Mandle, L. (2020, October 10). Towards decision-relevant ecosystem service science. Springer Nature Sustainability Community. 

Ratcliffe, M. (2020, October 17). Your Fast, Useful Sustainability, Recycling, Business and Science News. Earth911. 

Rudolph, M. S. and T. B. (2020, July 26). OP-ED: A New Deal for the Ocean. Daily Maverick. 

Ryan, D. (2020, September 22). The Role of Natural Climate Solutions. Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. 

Schmid, M. (2020). Power for Pollinators. 

Sexton, C. (2020, October 12). Identifying the benefits of nature can help protect it Earth.Com.

Staff Writer. (2020, October 12). To Protect Nature’s Benefits, Researchers Recommend More Focus on People. College of Natural Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin. 

Swingler, H. (2020, July 21). Three ways to secure the ocean’s survival. 

Tett, G. (2020, September 23). Why we need to put a number on our natural resources. The Financial Times

The Tragedy of the Bees (No. 64). (n.d.). Retrieved August 24, 2020.

Top of the Mind with Julie Rose. (2020, October 6). In Affordable Care Act, Parrot Training, Natural Capital. BYU Radio. 

UC Davis News. (2020, October 7). Deforestation and Climate Change Threaten the Most Beloved Wild Birds. UC Davis.

University of Hawaiʻi System News. (2020, October 22). Good environmental policy requires understanding people. 

Cafasso, S. (2020, October 7). Birds’ cultural benefits. Stanford News. 

USGA Media Release. (2020, October 16). Further proof golf courses are environmentally beneficial. Golf Australia. 

Viglienzoni, C. (2020, August 27). Study: Farms should share costs to support bee habitats. WCAX 3. 

Brodie Rudolph, T., Ruckelshaus, M., Swilling, M., Allison, E. H., Österblom, H., Gelcich, S., & Mbatha, P. (2020). A transition to sustainable ocean governance. Nature Communications11(1), 3600. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17410-2

Bryant, B. P., Kelsey, T. R., Vogl, A. L., Wolny, S. A., MacEwan, D., Selmants, P. C., Biswas, T., & Butterfield, H. S. (2020). Shaping Land Use Change and Ecosystem Restoration in a Water-Stressed Agricultural Landscape to Achieve Multiple Benefits. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems4https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2020.00138

Díaz, S., Zafra-Calvo, N., Purvis, A., Verburg, P. H., Obura, D., Leadley, P., Chaplin-Kramer, R., Meester, L. D., Dulloo, E., Martín-López, B., Shaw, M. R., Visconti, P., Broadgate, W., Bruford, M. W., Burgess, N. D., Cavender-Bares, J., DeClerck, F., Fernández-Palacios, J. M., Garibaldi, L. A., … Zanne, A. E. (2020). Set ambitious goals for biodiversity and sustainability. Science370(6515), 411–413. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abe1530

Echeverri, A., Karp, D. S., Frishkoff, L. O., Krishnan, J., Naidoo, R., Zhao, J., Zook, J., & Chan, K. M. A. (n.d.). Avian cultural services peak in tropical wet forests. Conservation Lettersn/a(n/a), e12763. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12763

Frei, B., Queiroz, C., Chaplin-Kramer, B., Andersson, E., Renard, D., Rhemtulla, J. M., & Bennett, E. M. (2020). A brighter future: Complementary goals of diversity and multifunctionality to build resilient agricultural landscapes. Global Food Security26, 100407. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100407

Liu, H., Remme, R. P., Hamel, P., Nong, H., & Ren, H. (2020). Supply and demand assessment of urban recreation service and its implication for greenspace planning-A case study on Guangzhou. Landscape and Urban Planning203, 103898. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103898

Lonsdorf, E. V., Koh, I., & Ricketts, T. (2020). Partitioning private and external benefits of crop pollination services. People and NatureEarly View-Online Version of Record before inclusion in an issue(n/a). https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10138

Mandle, L., Shields-Estrada, A., Chaplin-Kramer, R., Mitchell, M. G. E., Bremer, L. L., Gourevitch, J. D., Hawthorne, P., Johnson, J. A., Robinson, B. E., Smith, J. R., Sonter, L. J., Verutes, G. M., Vogl, A. L., Daily, G. C., & Ricketts, T. H. (2020). Increasing decision relevance of ecosystem service science. Nature Sustainability, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-00625-y

Paredes, D., Rosenheim, J. A., Chaplin‐Kramer, R., Winter, S., & Karp, D. S. (n.d.). Landscape simplification increases vineyard pest outbreaks and insecticide use. Ecology Lettersn/a(n/a). https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13622

Wen, Z., Zheng, H., Smith, J. R., & Ouyang, Z. (2021). Plant functional diversity mediates indirect effects of land-use intensity on soil water conservation in the dry season of tropical areas. Forest Ecology and Management480, 118646. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118646

Wood, S. A., Winder, S. G., Lia, E. H., White, E. M., Crowley, C. S. L., & Milnor, A. A. (2020). Next-generation visitation models using social media to estimate recreation on public lands. Scientific Reports10(1), 15419. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70829-x

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