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The Natural Capital Alliance (formerly the Natural Capital Project) advances research frontiers in the following key areas:
This includes nature’s benefits to people, nature and human health, water, and leveraging new technologies.
This includes policies to harmonize people and nature, theories of transformation, and climate resilience and security.
Recent Publications
- Increased dengue transmission following highway paving in the Peruvian Amazon. (2026). Nature Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-026-01879-8
- Landscape efficiency frontiers for biodiversity, climate mitigation, and net economic value. (2026). Science, 392(6802), 1069–1074. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aea90
- A tool for the estimation of the magnitudes and monetary values of ESS losses and returns on investment to combat degradation of agricultural resources. (2026). Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 30, 101181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2026.101181
- Exploring the disaster risk reduction and energy resilience benefits of coastal ecosystems and protected areas in Puerto Rico. (2026). Ecosystem Services, 79, 101847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2026.101847
- Factsheet for IFIs and financial institutions. (2026). Natural Capital Alliance. https://purl.stanford.edu/wk448rk2308