… to estimate Southern New England residents’ willingness to pay (WTP) a premium for local forest products, clean drinking water from forested watersheds, and access to … Estimates indicate that there is potential for decision makers to create new markets or policies that create economic incentives for private forest owners by drawing upon … authorities, and recreation managers can utilize the results of this research to inform new policies and markets for ecosystem services. For example, the investigators intend to use …
… that actually reduce the long-run usability of the land. More sustainable agricultural technologies exist, designed to minimize the adverse effects of farming and improve … moisture retention. The project was designed in two phases to test different methods of information diffusion. In the first phase, a baseline survey was conducted with 3800 farming … characteristics of the households as well as their farming practices and production levels. For the first round of interventions, information was provided to treatment households on …
… production and agricultural operations. Combining these practices into one space creates an efficient and sustainable land-use system that benefits farmers, solar developers, rural communities, and the earth itself. This emerging form of renewableenergy blends complementary land uses and eliminates the false “food or energy” …
… Rates of mental health concerns for children and adolescents are high across the United States and potentially rising as, simultaneously, young people are spending less time outdoors than ever before. These trends are especially pronounced for children of color and low-income urban youth, who face multiple barriers to accessing …
… and create the institutions required to sustain a new market. What is interesting about renewableenergy in general and offshore wind in particular is that, across settings, the issues that … the stakeholder groups are similar and stable; the overall desire to create a market –for environmental, political, and/or economic reasons—is considerable; and yet, there is …
… how expressions of autonomous, intrinsic or self-determined motivation are the driving forces of a sustainability characterised by individual and planetary flourishing in contrast … work was initially presented at the ERB Institute Symposium in Ann Arbor with extraordinary feedback. The pitfalls and pathways are now being expanded into an online article series in … work was initially presented at the ERB Institute Symposium in Ann Arbor with extraordinary feedback. The pitfalls and pathways are now being expanded into an online article series in …
… financing a Green Resilience Hub (GRH). GRHs are physical facilities equipped with clean energytechnologies and strategically located to offer vital services to local communities before, during, and after emergencies such as natural disasters. The primary goal of this …
… uniquely positioned to support the local soil health work of farmers and ranchers. In California, Colorado, and New Mexico, state policy has established programs to support … and farmers can all find common ground. Across the country, community groups are calling for the creation of soil health programs in their states. In response to this growing … Agriculture Lab Conservation Finance Network Related Reports Agrivoltaics: Producing Solar Energy While Protecting Farmland Solarize Your Community: An Evidence-Based Guide for …
… and Nature Based Solutions Clean Energy Sustainable Finance and ESG Mobilizing Finance for Land Conservation at the Energy-Land-Agriculture Nexus … Mobilizing Finance for Land … solar has a sizable land footprint — one that is only expected to grow as solar and renewables meet a larger share of U.S. energy needs. Given the climate imperative to … structures to advance land use best practices on solar sites. Our hypothesis is that efficiently integrating the value of ecosystem services with conventional solar project …