Natural Capital Project (NatCap) 25d ago

"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 face difficult challenges reconciling biodiversity, climate, and economic development goals. Researchers across the Natural Capital Alliance (NatCap TEEMs at the University of Minnesota, Natural Capital Insights, WWF) and from other institutions integrated spatial biophysical and economic data with optimization methods to develop sustainable landscape efficiency frontiers. These help show where land use changes could improve biodiversity, climate, and economic outcomes at the same time. They applied this approach across 146 countries, finding potential improvements in nearly every country through strategic land use and land management. -- Read the full paper: science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aea9058 -- Learn more: https://twin-cities.umn.edu/news-events/better-land-use-and-management-could-improve-biodiversity-climate-and-economic https://naturalcapitalalliance.stanford.edu/news/how-improve-biodiversity-climate-and-economic-development-outcomes-all-once -- Chapters: 00:00 - 00:59 Addressing the Crises 01:00 - 01:39 The Global Analysis 01:40 - 02:31 The Efficiency Frontier 02:32 - 04:09 Outcomes for Countries and Goals 04:10 - 04:30 Advantages of the Analysis 04:31 - 04:48 Credits -- CREDITS Video | Talia Kawaiokalani Trepte Producer | Elana Kimbrell Music | ComaStudio Interviews | Stephen Polasky, Ph.D. (NatCap: The Earth-Economy Modelers, University of Minnesota), Peter Hawthorne, Ph.D. (Natural Capital Insights), Adrian Vogl, Ph.D. (Natural Capital Insights)