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Natural Capital Project to develop marine conservation software
Stanford Report, November 25, 2008
“The Natural Capital Project...has been awarded a two-year, $1.97 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to develop a software program for mapping and evaluating the economic benefits provided by temperate marine ecosystems. Called Marine InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs), the proposed software will give policymakers and other stakeholders an easy-to-use program for calculating the multitude of services that people derive from ocean ecosystems and incorporating those values into the planning process. ”
Putting a Price Tag on Nature
University of Washing Biology E-news, November 6, 2008
“[Heather Tallis] says the overarching goal of the project is to 'bring more information about the true value of nature to people affecting decisions,' including those in government, the World Bank, corporations, conservation organizations and affectted communities. One way the project is moving toward its goal is by developing a tool that can standardize the practice of assigning value to ecosystem services.”
How to do your bit for the planet
New Scientist, October 15, 2008
Gretchen Daily suggests, “Set up a modest pilot project to invest in natural capital, focusing on what's most important in your community or sphere of work - like forests for climate stabilization, wetlands for water purification and flood control, or scenic hedgerows and natural areas in rural countryside for crop pollination, tourism, and recreation. Then scale up.”
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Video & Audio
California Colloquium on Water
Sponsored by the UC Berkeley Water Resource Center Archives, March 11, 2008
Streaming Video: “Protecting Watershed Services Through Law, Regulation and Markets,” Buzz Thompson, Director, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University (YouTube, RealMedia, PDF of PowerPoint).
Ecosystem Services Perceptions in Clayquot Sound, British Columbia
Carleton College Alumni Profile: Bessie Schwarz, February 19, 2008
Streaming Video: “For an ecosystem services study, Schwarz interviewed 17 Clayoquot Sound residents—those employed in ecotourism, commercial fishing, and aquaculture—about environmental issues and how they perceive and value the ecosystem in which they live. The study was supported by a fellowship from Carleton College, the Natural Capital Project, and the University of British Columbia,” Bessie Schwarz, Research Intern, Natural Capital Project.
Ecosystem Services in Decision-making: Stepping into reality
Ecological Society of America and Society for Ecological Restoration Joint Meeting, August 9, 2007
Streaming Video: “What's Poverty Got To Do With It?” Peter Kareiva, Chief Scientist, The Nature Conservancy.
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