Natural Capital Project (NatCap)
Software Development Vlog #3 | InVEST visual reports
Introducing one of the newest InVEST® features: visual reports. David Fisher, Senior Software Engineer on the Software Team (NatCap), shares background on why we developed this feature, explains ho...
"Landscape Efficiency Frontiers for Biodiversity, Climate mitigation and Net Economic Value" is a new paper, published in Science on June 4, 2026.
National governments and finance institutions fa...
Explore natural capital approaches. Discover frontiers in science, policy, and economics. Engage with InVEST®. Build a global community.
Join us for the 20th Anniversary Edition of the Natural Ca...
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Leaders at NatCap explain the past and future of our work in science, software, and collaborations
There is growing recognition that healthy, functioning ecosystems are fundamental to achieving food and water security, poverty reduction, and sustainable development. Despite this, the values prov...
Inspired by a need to provide data for users of our software, InVEST, the Data Hub offers a new and easy way to find global data layers, pre-processed InVEST inputs, and natural capital data produc...
Speakers explore the reciprocal relationship between people and nature through a lens of equity, justice, and bio-cultural values. Here they center the expertise of our interdisciplinary panelists ...
In this session, panelists highlight new work in collaboration with multilateral development banks to demonstrate how natural capital and biodiversity information is transforming policy and finance...
The vision of the annual Natural Capital Young Leaders Prize is to elevate young leaders who are advancing a world in which people – in government, the private sector, development banks, NGOs, and ...
Cities are often vilified as biological wastelands incapable of sustaining biodiverse ecosystems. However, this “biological deserts fallacy” overlooks the simple fact that cities are often built in...
In our opening plenary, Gretchen Daily (Faculty Director, Natural Capital Project), Mary Ruckelshaus (Executive Director, Natural Capital Project), and Kim Bonine (Head of Capacity Development, Nat...
The Natural Capital Project uses ecosystem science to measure, map, and value nature's benefits to people. Through our modeling and mapping practices, we co-develop information with communities and...
什么是自然资本方法，为什么该方法对于实现人类和地球共同繁荣至关重要？ 本动画将带领您了解自然资本评估和核算的基础知识。
“人类、地球、共同繁荣”是自然资本项目、美洲开发银行 (IDB)、亚洲开发银行 (ADB) 和世界银行的一项全球合作项目。该项目团队正在与 全球16 个试点国家共同探索开发自然资本方法，从而为可持续发展和保护目标的政策和投资决策提供科学依据。
这部动画是由戈登和贝蒂摩尔...
What are natural capital approaches, and why are they important for people and the planet? In this animation, learn the basics of how natural capital assessments and accounting help us work towards...
¿Qué son los enfoques de capital natural y por qué son importantes para las personas y el planeta? En esta animación, aprenda los conceptos básicos de cómo las evaluaciones y la contabilidad del ca...
The Natural Capital Symposium is back! Join us for a high-level international gathering of leaders driving the transformation toward green, inclusive development hosted at Stanford University from ...
InVEST is a suite of free, open-source software models used to map and value the goods and services from nature that sustain and fulfill human life. Now with translation support for Spanish and Chi...
The World Bank & the Natural Capital Project Present: Nature’s Frontiers: Achieving Sustainability, Efficiency, and Prosperity with Natural Capital hybrid event at the National Academy of Science
Food forests are a a system of perennial crops – primarily fruit and nuts – planted in layers to mimic mature ecosystems from tree canopy to soil. This form of urban agriculture not only provides f...