CCI Seminar Series

CCI Seminar Series

CCI Seminar Series

CCI Seminar Series

As part of our leadership in the conservation community, the Center for Conservation Innovation convenes a bi-monthly seminar where we open the doors of Defenders for anyone to come an hear from–and talk with–invited speakers.

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Natural Capital - Measuring the Economic Power of Nature

In this CCI Seminar Series, Prof. Fenichel will discuss work on US Natural Capital Accounting, including what it is, why it is important, and how stakeholders might participate. Professor Eli is currently the Knobloch Family Professor of Natural …
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Public Notices for Public Good

In partnership with Atlas Public Policy, Georgetown's Massive Data Institute, and Healthy Gulf, EPIC used artificial intelligence to glean quantitative data from Army Corps of Engineers 404 Public Notices. The data is updated daily and available …
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Mapping the global spatial potential and biodiversity impacts of land-based climate mitigation

Limiting climate warming to 2 degrees Celsius requires a dramatic energy system transformation paired with the widespread deployment of land-based mitigation strategies - a suite of land use and land management practices that harness plant and soil …
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A Comprehensive Approach to Understanding Patterns of Recreation Use

Outdoor recreation has increased in recent years, with the global COVID-19 pandemic underscoring the need for people to connect to nature. However, recreation can contribute to biodiversity loss via land use change and wildlife disturbance. As a …
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Climate Change and Impacts to Yakama Nation's Natural and Cultural Resources

Climate change is here and occurring today. Indigenous people retain their connection to the land, water, and natural resources with deep understanding of climate change impacts as a result of experiencing multi-year droughts, annual precipitation …
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Biodiversity Offsetting: Reclaiming the Concept of Compliance Markets

In this CCI Seminar Series event, speakers Ritwick Ghosh and Steven Wolf review existing and emerging models biodiversity offsetting (i.e., compensatory mitigation) to make sense of the contemporary moment and to identify pathways forward. Their …
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Ma'iingan: Wolves and the Anishinaabe People

In this CCI Seminar Series event, speaker Michael Waasegiizhig Price presents on the cultural aspects of wolves and their relationship to the Anishinaabe people, the Native Americans of the Great Lakes. The controversial 2021 wolf hunt in Wisconsin …
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Wild, Connected, and Diverse: Mapping Conservation Values and Climate Adaptation Strategies

Conservation scientists recommend protecting more land in a connected and representative system of protected areas (e.g. 30% by 2030). In this CCI Seminar Series event, speaker Travis Belote presents his research mapping the remaining unprotected …
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Big Solar: Industrial Blight or Next-Gen Conservation?

Large-scale solar is rapidly emerging as the lowest-cost way to generate electricity and there are now more than 300,000 acres of such projects across the country. As this new land use grows, are there tradeoffs in a clean energy future? Eight …
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Engineering With Nature (EWN): Aligning natural and engineering processes for economic, environmental and social benefits

EWN is the intentional alignment of natural and engineering processes to efficiently and sustainably deliver economic, environmental and social benefits (“Triple-Win” solutions) through collaborative processes. With recent advances in the fields of …