Substack
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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.
June 15, 2026
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NatCap News: Natural Capital Symposium
Five more days to register for the next Natural Capital Symposium, to be held June 29 - July 1, 2026.
June 04, 2026
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Understanding business impacts on nature - and on nature’s benefits
Key concepts and visuals from Chapter Three of the IPBES Business & Biodiversity Assessment
May 08, 2026
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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.
May 01, 2026
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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.
April 24, 2026
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The Art of Natural Capital: Visualizing Ecosystem Services in Urban Contexts
Mapping the benefits of nature in cities
April 13, 2026
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Nature’s Financial Value, GEP, and Scaling an Initiative to 75 Countries
Professor Gretchen Daily in conversation with Sam McClure, on the Stanford Ecopreneurship Podcast
April 03, 2026
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Beyond the Bottom Line: A Conversation with Narayan Iyer at the Asian Development Bank
On food systems and natural capital in the Asia-Pacific region. Edited from an interview by NatCap intern Anastazja Krostenko.
March 27, 2026
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From Myth to Management: How Armenia’s High Altitude Water Towers, Once Guarded by Dragon Stones, Can Still Protect Economies and People
How we choose to manage the stock and flow of freshwater is and remains a primary human concern.
March 13, 2026
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The Nature of Business: What the IPBES Business Assessment Reveals About Biodiversity, Risk, and Corporate Action
IPBES Report Highlights Methods and more than 100 Specific Actions for Businesses, Governments, Financial Actors and Civil Society.
March 06, 2026
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Introducing: InVEST Reports
InVEST rolls out a new Reports feature for four of its models that automatically generates visual summaries of results.
February 26, 2026
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Tea, Turbines, and Trade-Offs: How Sri Lanka Is Rethinking Watershed Investment
The Sri Lanka project highlights ways natural capital information is shaping real-world policy, planning, and investment decisions.
February 19, 2026
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“A Map Is Not the Territory”
Mapping, Modeling, and the Power of Place - In Conversation with GIS Analysts Jesse A. Goldstein and Stacie Wolny on How Spatial Data Shape Real-World Decisions
February 13, 2026
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The Ruckelshaus Legacy: Nature’s Way Out of the Vacuum
From the EPA’s founding to global natural capital leadership, the Ruckelshauses show that environmental policy can succeed with innovation, listening, and collaboration.
February 05, 2026
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Hello World!
Welcome to the Software & Modeling column on the NatCap Substack!
January 29, 2026
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In Chile, Nature is at the Heart of Governance and the Economy
In the Los Ríos region, the communities and industries depend on the health of the river systems, and the connections between them are subtle but important indicators of the livelihoods that surround it.
January 23, 2026
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January 08, 2026