… The objective of this project was to use both the travel cost method and the contingent valuation method 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 recreation …
… Rates of mental health concernsfor children and adolescents are high across the United States … outdoors to new, diverse audiences, who may need it now more than ever. Published October 2020 7584 7619 7620 Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Equity and Justice …
… Can Ecosystem Services Valuation Bring Additional Value Streams to Minnesota’s Pollinator-Friendly … 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 Conservation at the Energy-Land-Agriculture Nexus Whitney Mann (Master of …
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… is growing interest across variousstakeholder groups in adopting land use best practicesfor new projects. Pollinator-friendly solar, which incorporates native grasses and … turfgrass. However, we hypothesize that information and behavioral failures are currently preventing developers from adopting the practice. Thus, there may be a role for policy to spur the incorporation of pollinator-friendly practices in future solar development. That role becomes …
… critical ecosystem services related to water quality, drought resilience, erosion prevention, crop yields, and carbon sequestration. These benefits - and the practices used to … 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 … by soil health policy experts. This guidebook was produced as part of The Yale Center forBusiness and the Environment’s ongoing Regenerative Agriculture Initiative . Published …
… Five Yale students designed an off-grid renewable energy system for a meat processing plant in … renewable hybrid configurations to self-generate clean power while maintaining reliability. Businesses can benefit from consultants with specific insights in renewable energy to design …
… -by Abhishri Aggarwal, Kate Logan, Namrita Kapur Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions … philanthropy fallsshort—mobilizing the scale of financial resources needed to address the world’s pressing problems. According to the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) total … assets under management.1 Furthermore, there is evidence to suggest that assets committed for impact investment are largely sitting on the sidelines. For example, NatureVest’s 2016 …
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