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Nature Positive, People Positive: Scaling Natural Capital Approaches for Impact
NatCap is coordinating an effort across 3 international financial institutions and 6 countries to accelerate and mainstream financing of natural capital-based policies and plans, to improve outcomes for nature and people.Measuring corporate impacts on ecosystem services
Developing natural capital analytics to assess the impacts of companies and their assets, in collaboration with the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing.Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Landscape Assessment (BELA) Initiative, Global
The BELA initiative integrated natural capital and ecosystem service approaches into the World Bank’s operations – from inception to planning to implementation. The BELA work in 11 countries influenced nearly a billion dollars in development finance.People, Planet, Prosperity: Mainstreaming Nature in Policy & Investment Decisions (Global)
Co-developing natural capital approaches that inform policy and investment decisions for development and conservation goals in pilot countries around the world.Natural Capital Index/Nature's Frontiers, Global
Quantifying potential improvements in economic returns, greenhouse gas emissions, water quality, and biodiversity through more efficient and effective land use change for countries globally. Project partners: NatCap at Stanford & UMN, and the World Bank.Sustainable Infrastructure Development, Global Arctic
Improving the ability of governments, private investors, and other decision-makers to assess the long-term sustainability of infrastructure projects in the global Arctic and elsewhere.Mapping small dams and reservoirs with Earth Observation and computer vision, Global
We are developing an open-source computer vision algorithm to detect the location of dams from high resolution satellite imagery, enabling us to map the location of dams worldwideGreen Finance and Livelihoods
The Natural Capital Project is working with multilateral development banks (MDBs) and three countries to advance national-level development plans to set standards, policies, and spatial zoning guidelines.Environmental Profit and Loss Accounts, Global
Developed a new framework with the biodiversity and ecosystem services experts and leaders in corporate sustainability to improve the representation of biodiversity and ecosystem services in natural capital accounting.Corporate Supply Chain and Sourcing, Global
Unilever is serious about its commitment to producing more sustainable products, growing production while reducing its negative impacts on greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity, and other benefits from ecosystems.Biosphere Futures, Global
The Biosphere Futures project offers an online database of scenario planning case studies from all over the world.