At the Natural Capital Symposium 2017, leading researchers will share about the ways wedepend on nature for happiness, and why we're more prone to depression and anxiety withoutit. Photo credit: Chirobocea Nicu / Unsplash

Mental Health And Nature Featured Strongly in 2017Symposium Line-UpIt's no coincidence that people who live in cities, and away from nature, suffer higherrates of depression and anxiety. Exposure to green space has measurable positiveeffects on our moods, though scientists are just beginning to figure out how tomeasure it. Doctors, public health experts, and urban planners are also grappling withhow to use the information.

Some of the leading minds in these emerging fields will convene at the 2017 NaturalCapital Symposium, March 20-23rd, at Stanford University to expand upon discussionsintroduced at last year's event...

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Learning From The Crowd

It's not just millennials who turn tosocial media as a major source ofinformation. Scientists are using it too.

But scientists are doing a lot morethan just browsing social media fornews. Increasingly, researchers arefinding creative ways to harness amostly untapped treasure trove ofdata...

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Nature Is Priceless -- SoLet's Value ItBY ANNE GUERRY | ENSIA

The natural capital concept is not asell-out. It's a way to shine light on,and cultivate appreciation for, theinvisible benefits of nature...

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InVEST is our flagship tool with 18 different models formapping and valuing ecosystem services. Check out all our

software at naturalcapitalproject.org/software.

2017 Symposium Abstract Deadline Extended to Nov 14

The abstract submission deadline for the 2017 Natural Capital Symposium has beenextended until November 14th. We are accepting submissions of abstracts for alimited number of speaking spots for panel sessions, learning exchanges, and lightningtalks. Key topics of this year's Symposium include: sustainable development planning,securing freshwater, fostering resilient coastal communities, creating standards for theprivate sector, and other pathways to impact for natural capital science and tools.Please submit your abstract by November 14th via this online form.

Recent Press & PublicationsValuing investments in sustainable land management in the Upper Tana River basin, KenyaVogl, Adrian L., Benjamin P. Bryant, Johannes E. Hunink, Stacie Wolny, Colin Apse and PeterDroogersJournal of Environmental Management. Available online November 2016. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.10.013

Nature is Priceless -- So Let's Value Itby Anne Guerry, Ensia, October 21, 2016

Optimizing land use decision-making to sustain Brazilian agricultural profits, biodiversity andecosystem servicesChristina M. Kennedy, Peter L. Hawthorne, Daniela A. Miteva, Leandro Baumgarten, Kei Sochi,Marcelo Matsumoto, Jeffrey S. Evans, Stephen Polasky, Perrine Hamel, Emerson M. Vieira,Pedro Ferreira Develey, Cagan H. Sekercioglu, Ana D. Davidson, Elizabeth M. Uhlhorn and Joseph KieseckerBiological Conservation. Available online October 2016. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.10.039

Evaluating the Benefits of Green Infrastructure for Coastal Areas: Location, Location, LocationRuckelshaus, Mary H., Gregory Guannel, Katherine Arkema, Gregory Verutes, Robert Griffin,Anne Guerry, Jess Silver, Joe Faries, Jorge Brenner and Amy RosenthalCoastal Management 44:504-516. October 2016. doi: 10.1080/08920753.2016.1208882

When natural habitat fails to enhance biological pest control -- Five hypothesesTscharntkea, Teja, Daniel S. Karp, Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer, Péter Batáry, Fabrice DeClerck,Claudio Gratton, Lauren Hunt, Anthony Ives, Mattias Jonsson, Ashley Larsen, Emily A. Martin,Alejandra Martínez-Salinas, Timothy D. Meehan, Megan O'Rourke, Katja Poveda, Jay A.Rosenheim, Adrien Rusch, Nancy Schellhorn, Thomas C. Wanger, Stephen Wratten and WeiZhangBiological Conservation. Available online October 2016. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.10.001

Quantifying and sustaining biodiversity in tropical and agricultural landscapesMendenhall, Chase D., Analisa Shields-Estrada, Arjun J. Krishnaswami and Gretchen C. DailyPNAS. October 2016. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1604981113

Biodiversity and ecosystem services in environmental profit & loss accounts

Chaplin-Kramer, Becky and Jonathan GreenUniversity of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), Work ing Paper 05/2016

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