"We need a new social contract with the Earth,” says Naoko Ishii, inaugural director of the Center for Global Commons, University of Tokyo.

In the #NatCapReview, Ishii discusses why regulation matters, principles of Global Commons, and why we need cohesion across the global network.

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What we're reading this week: 9 suggestions from our scientists and editors at the #NatCapReview.

From podcasts to peer-reviewed articles, these pieces touch on nature policy, data, economics, and stories. To keep you informed and inspired.

Read the full list: bit.ly/4zIxaJv

In this week's #NatCapReview, our software team lead shares reflections, opportunities, and tools for users to contribute to #OpenSource InVEST.

Want to contribute? Dive into:

👥 NatCap Community Forum
🔌 InVEST Plugin Registry
🗺️ Core InVEST
💡 Documentation

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📸 TK Trepte

#DidYouKnow that NatCap started new writing columns this year? ✍️💻

The #NatCapReview publishes weekly, sharing insights into the future of sustainable development, nature finance, strategic governance, resilience, and flagship software #NatCapInVEST through global and local stories.

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Economies and communities depend on nature, yet nature's values are often invisible when measuring economic capacity.

What if we could change that?

🌱 Learn more about Gross Ecosystem Product #GEP, which incorporates natural capital, in the #NatCapReview:

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💡 Key concepts & applications: a quick look at natural capital approaches in the Philippines

This week, the #NatCapReview explores how natural capital analyses inform investments and on-the-ground change through the #PeoplePlanet (3Ps) pilot in the Philippines. #NaturalCapital

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New in The Exchange: Rethinking Financial Systems to Bank on Nature

Megan Meacham (Mistra Finance to Revive Biodiversity Research Programme and Stockholm Resilience Centre) shares work with the private sector to understand their needs and incentivize action on nature. #NatCapReview

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Cities are shaped by countless decisions: where trees are planted, how neighborhoods are redeveloped, which streets get shade, where parks are expanded. Which impacts people's lives and health 🏙️🌳

In this #NatCapReview: launching InVEST® 3.19.0 and the new Urban Mental Health model.

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"Our economic systems are blind to the values of nature. We could assume that nature was infinite... But now, everybody's waking up to reality."

This week in the #NatCapReview, we revisit Gretchen Daily's appearance on the Stanford Ecopreneurship Podcast and key concepts raised.

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New in the #NatCapReview: Food systems and the future of natural capital in the Asia-Pacific region.

Narayan Iyer (Asian Development Bank) discusses partnerships, collaborations with NatCap, ecological data for financial commitments, and ecosystem health as an economic imperative.

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In Armenia, natural capital assessments are helping to update river basin management plans, re-incorporating the role of the forests and high-altitude protected areas where "dragon stones" or Vishaps (վիշապ) stand guardian ⛰️💡

#NatCapReview #PeoplePlanet #Watersheds

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The Nature of Business: What the IPBES Business Assessment Reveals About Biodiversity, Risk, and Corporate Action 🌿 #NatCapReview

In this week's Exchange, dive into why the IPBES Business and #Biodiversity assessment matters with Lisa Mandle, NatCap co-executive & chapter co-author.

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Tea, Turbines, and Trade-Offs: How Sri Lanka is Rethinking Watershed Investment 🌱

The way tea is often grown makes it a significant source of sediment runoff – why does this matter? Learn how natural capital assessments are helping weigh trade-offs in Sri Lanka in the #NatCapReview:

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In this edition of The Exchange, NatCap writer Zoë Wilson sits down with Senior GIS Analysts, Stacie Wolny and Jesse Goldstein, for an illustrative conversation on Mapping, Modeling, and the Power of Place. #NatCapReview

🗺️ Read the full Q&A: bit.ly/40en2HO

The Exchange | The Ruckelshaus Legacy: Nature's Way Out of the Vacuum

In this interview, Mary Ruckelshaus (Executive Director of NatCap, 2010-2025) delves into working with her father, shining a light on alternate futures, and making the case for nature and people. #NatCapReview

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Introducing Key Concept & Applications 💡

We’ll explore the scientific, spatial, and economic tools behind natural capital approaches, tracing how they connect to real-world applications #NatCapReview

Read on the glossary: thenaturalcapitalalliance.substack.com/p/natural-capital-approaches-a-jump