Natural Capital Alliance
NatCap welcomes new institutions
At its Symposium, three new institutions announced as core collaborators
The Natural Capital Alliance is a Stanford-based global collaboration between interdisciplinary researchers, professionals, and leaders working to make valuing natural capital easier and more accessible to all.
SCIENCE
Using ecosystem services science, we map, measure, and value nature's benefits to people.
TECHNOLOGY
Through InVEST, we provide decision-makers with information for policy and finance decisions.
GLOBAL NETWORK
Our work is co-developed and implemented by a global network of collaborators in the public and private sectors.
News Releases
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Deepening collaborations, scaling up benefits for people and nature
The Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Gund Institute are formalizing their collaboration with the Natural Capital Alliance after years of work together. -
Generating visual reports is now automatic for many InVEST models
How the NatCap software team aims to make ecosystem service modeling results easier to interpret, share, and use in decision-making -
Breaking away from the tyranny of single-indicator rule: Gross Ecosystem Product
GDP was never intended as a measure of national wellbeing. But there’s another complementary metric already being implemented around the world.
The Natural Capital Alliance approach allows global decision-makers to consider nature's diverse benefits.
What is the 3Ps Project?
The Stanford University-based Natural Capital Project, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the World Bank worked with 16 pilot countries to co-develop natural capital approaches that directly inform policy and investment decisions for development, climate, and nature-related goals.