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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
- The economic impact of Sargassum: Evidence from the Mexican coast . (2026). Ecological Economics, 241, 108877. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108877
- Reconciling tradeoffs among hydropower, decarbonization, and freshwater biodiversity through carbon offsets. (2026). Nature Portfolio. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-8662997/v1
- Natural Capital Alliance Fact Sheet 2026. (2026). Natural Capital Alliance. https://naturalcapitalproject.stanford.edu/sites/g/files/sbiybj25256/files/media/file/fact-sheet_natcap_2026.pdf
- Country-specific progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals: Past, present, and prospects. (2025). PNAS, 122(52), e2524299122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2524299122
- Wearable data link urban green space to physical activity. (2025). Nature Health. https://doi.org/10.25740/ww847dv8214