Natural Capital Alliance
The Urban Mental Health Model
The newest InVEST model estimates how changes in urban greenness may affect mental health and associated societal costs
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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Rethinking Financial Systems to Bank on Nature
Megan Meacham of FinBio and the Stockholm Resilience Centre shares work with the private sector to understand their needs and incentivize action on nature. -
New in InVEST: The Urban Mental Health Model
Released in InVESTⓇ 3.19.0, the Urban Mental Health model helps users estimate how changes in urban greenness may affect mental health cases and associated societal costs. -
Career Conversations | The Art of Natural Capital: Visualizing Ecosystem Services in Public Parks
Students Megan Chen and Zoe Rehnborg recount their experience in Stanford’s natural capital course and their final project: a “zine” on the many values of public parks.
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.