Mainstreaming Nature in Decisions

The Natural Capital Project is hosting the Global Forum on Mainstreaming Nature in Decisions this April, kickstarting an effort to co-develop innovative natural capital approaches to changing policy and investment outcomes for people and nature.

The invitation-only workshop, co-convened with the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and The World Bank, is part of an ambitious effort to jump-start science-policy processes in 15 countries. The Forum will stimulate crucial discussions about priority natural capital and biodiversity assets, approaches to understanding ecosystem and socioeconomic benefits, and the creation of tailored roadmaps to policy and finance interventions. Technical and policy experts from 15 countries will come together to gain mutual understanding of how ecosystems and human prosperity are connected in local country contexts, where (and to whom) biodiversity and ecosystem benefits are provided, and what policy and finance mechanisms are most needed to secure the country’s biodiversity and human wellbeing goals.  Country leaders will work alongside experts from multilateral development banks, Stanford’s Natural Capital Project, and other international practitioners focused on transforming policy and investment by mainstreaming rapid approaches for natural capital assessment and accounting.

The community of experts and practitioners attending the workshop will build a network for sharing ideas and overcoming challenges and barriers to protecting and restoring biodiversity.

Recent Press & Publications

How is biodiversity governed? The case of Colombia
Alejandra Echeverri | Nature Portfolio | February 6, 2023

Sustainable agriculture has a dam dilemma
Emma Bryce | Anthropocene Magazine | December 9, 2022

Dams could play a big role in feeding the world more sustainably, Stanford researchers find
Rob Jordan | Stanford News | November 14, 2022

Boeing, G., Lu, Y., & Pilgram, C. (2023). Local inequities in the relative production of and exposure to vehicular air pollution in Los Angeles. Urban Studies, 00420980221145403. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980221145403

Bolduc, W., Griffin, R. M., & Byron, C. J. (2023). Consumer willingness to pay for farmed seaweed with education on ecosystem services. Journal of Applied Phycology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-023-02914-3

Bussettini, M., & Schmitt, R. J. P. (2022). Sediment Mining: Development and Implementation of Policies. In T. Mehner & K. Tockner (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Inland Waters (Second Edition) (pp. 231–238). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819166-8.00203-6

Dampha, N. K., Salemi, C., & Polasky, S. (2022). Rohingya Refugee Camps and Forest Loss in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: An Inquiry Using Remote Sensing and Econometric Approaches. World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-9948

Echeverri, A., Furumo, P. R., Moss, S., Figot Kuthy, A. G., García Aguirre, D., Mandle, L., Valencia, I. D., Ruckelshaus, M., Daily, G. C., & Lambin, E. F. (2023). Colombian biodiversity is governed by a rich and diverse policy mix. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-01983-4

Halpern, B. S., Boettiger, C., Dietze, M. C., Gephart, J. A., Gonzalez, P., Grimm, N. B., Groffman, P. M., Gurevitch, J., Hobbie, S. E., Komatsu, K. J., Kroeker, K. J., Lahr, H. J., Lodge, D. M., Lortie, C. J., Lowndes, J. S. S., Micheli, F., Possingham, H. P., Ruckelshaus, M. H., Scarborough, C., … Youngflesh, C. (2023). Priorities for synthesis research in ecology and environmental science. Ecosphere, 14(1), e4342. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4342

Hopkins, S. R., Lafferty, K. D., Wood, C. L., Olson, S. H., Buck, J. C., De Leo, G. A., Fiorella, K. J., Fornberg, J. L., Garchitorena, A., Jones, I. J., Kuris, A. M., Kwong, L. H., LeBoa, C., Leon, A. E., Lund, A. J., MacDonald, A. J., Metz, D. C. G., Nova, N., Peel, A. J., … Sokolow, S. H. (2022). Evidence gaps and diversity among potential win–win solutions for conservation and human infectious disease control. The Lancet Planetary Health, 6(8), e694–e705. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00148-6

Lu, Y. (2023). Drive less but exposed more? Exploring social injustice in vehicular air pollution exposure. Social Science Research, 111, 102867. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2023.102867

Manley, K., & Egoh, B. N. (2022). Mapping and modeling the impact of climate change on recreational ecosystem services using machine learning and big data. Environmental Research Letters, 17(5), 054025. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac65a3

Opperman, J. J., Carvallo, J. P., Kelman, R., Schmitt, R. J. P., Almeida, R., Chapin, E., Flecker, A., Goichot, M., Grill, G., Harou, J. J., Hartmann, J., Higgins, J., Kammen, D., Martin, E., Martins, T., Newsock, A., Rogéliz, C., Raepple, J., Sada, R., … Harrison, D. (2023). Balancing renewable energy and river resources by moving from individual assessments of hydropower projects to energy system planning. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.1036653

Polasky, S., & Dampha, N. K. (2021). Discounting and Global Environmental Change. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 46(1), 691–717. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-020420-042100

Schmitt, R. J. P., Rosa, L., & Daily, G. C. (2022). Global expansion of sustainable irrigation limited by water storage. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(47), e2214291119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2214291119

Sengupta, D., Choi, Y. R., Tian, B., Brown, S., Meadows, M., Hackney, C. R., Banerjee, A., Li, Y., Chen, R., & Zhou, Y. (2023). Mapping 21st Century Global Coastal Land Reclamation. Earth’s Future, 11(2), e2022EF002927. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EF002927

Soares, L., Cockle, K. L., Ruelas Inzunza, E., Ibarra, J. T., Miño, C. I., Zuluaga, S., Bonaccorso, E., Ríos-Orjuela, J. C., Montaño-Centellas, F. A., Freile, J. F., Echeverry-Galvis, M. A., Bonaparte, E. B., Diele-Viegas, L. M., Speziale, K., Cabrera-Cruz, S. A., Acevedo-Charry, O., Velarde, E., Cuatianquiz Lima, C., Ojeda, V. S., … Martins, P. V. R. (2023). Neotropical ornithology: Reckoning with historical assumptions, removing systemic barriers, and reimagining the future. Ornithological Applications, duac046. https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duac046

Ticktin, T., Mandle, L., Hastings, Z., Hoppe, T., & Trauernicht, C. (2023). Reducing seed predation by introduced rodents helps, but is insufficient, to prevent long-term decline of common forest trees. Biological Conservation, 278, 109874. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109874

Wedding, L. M., Reiter, S., Moritsch, M., Hartge, E., Reiblich, J., Gourlie, D., & Guerry, A. (2022). Embedding the value of coastal ecosystem services into climate change adaptation planning. PeerJ, 10, e13463. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13463

Winder, S. G., Lee, H., Seo, B., Lia, E. H., & Wood, S. A. (n.d.). An open-source image classifier for characterizing recreational activities across landscapes. People and Nature, n/a(n/a). https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10382

Xia, Z., Li, Y., Guo, X., & Chen, R. (2022). High-resolution mapping of water photovoltaic development in China through satellite imagery. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 107, 102707. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2022.102707

Press
Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ spark conservation row. By Emiliano Rodríguez Mega. March 2, 2023. nature | News.

Latin American and Caribbean researchers detail colonialism in ornithology. By Oxford University Press. February 7, 2023. Phys Org.

Colombia, a biodiversity hotspot, holds lessons for other countries trying to balance development with conservation, Stanford-led study shows. By Rob Jordan. February 6, 2023. Stanford News.

How is biodiversity governed? The case of Colombia. By Alejandra Echeverri. February 3, 2023. Nature Portfolio Ecology & Evolution Community.

MSU’s LTER program awarded $7.65 million NSF grant. January 11, 2023. MSU College of Natural Science Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior.

Sustainable agriculture has a dam dilemma. By Emma Bryce. December 9, 2022. Anthropocene Magazine.

Could Floating Solar Panels Help Mitigate Climate Change? By Sophia Moutinho. December 9, 2022. Eos.

Minnesota researcher calls for local action after global climate summit. By Andrew Hazzard. December 8, 2022. Sahan Journal.

Stanford study explores how dams, reservoirs could benefit global food supply. By Spencer Christian and Tim Didion. December 7, 2022. ABC7 San Francisco.

Long-awaited U.N. conference on extinction crisis to begin this week. By Greg Stanley. December 4, 2022. Star Tribune.

Dams could play a big role in feeding the world more sustainably, Stanford researchers find. By Rob Jordan. November 14, 2022. Stanford News.

Sustainable irrigation requires water storage, but big dams should be a last resort. November 14, 2022. Carnegie Science.

For water quality, even a sliver of riverbank forest is better than none. By Liz Kimbrough. October 27, 2022. Mongabay Environmental News.

On Rivers, Sustainability, and Food Security. October 17, 2022. Stanford University Center for Innovation in Global Health.