Nature is good for business—and we now have numbers to show it
When rivers degrade, pests spread or drought hits crops, nature sends a bill.
Environment
May 18, 2026
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Page 2: Research news on ecosystem services valuation
Ecosystem services valuation comprises a suite of economic, biophysical, and integrated assessment methods used to quantify and monetize the benefits humans derive from ecosystems, such as provisioning, regulating, cultural, and supporting services. Methodological approaches include market-based valuation (e.g., pricing of timber or fish), revealed-preference methods (e.g., travel cost, hedonic pricing), stated-preference techniques (e.g., contingent valuation, choice experiments), and cost-based methods (e.g., replacement, avoidance, restoration costs). These methods often integrate ecological production functions, spatial modeling, and scenario analysis to link ecological change to human welfare, supporting cost–benefit analysis, natural capital accounting, and policy impact assessments.
Every dollar spent on forest fuel treatments saves $3.75 in wildfire damages, study finds
Every dollar spent on forest fuel treatments saves about $3.75 in wildfire damages, according to a new study, led by researchers at the University of California, Davis, of nearly 300 fires in the western United States. The ...
Earth Sciences
May 7, 2026
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Introducing ecotech, nature's innovation accelerator
An international research team has developed a roadmap for an emerging field of technology called ecotech, which aims to create scalable solutions to urgent environmental, social and economic challenges. The team describes ...
Ecology
May 6, 2026
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Fewer insects, fewer nutritious crops: Pollinator decline puts human health at risk
Biodiversity loss is directly threatening human health and welfare, according to new research led by the University of Bristol. The study, published in Nature reveals, for the first time, how the decline of insect pollinators ...
Ecology
May 6, 2026
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New method to raise investment funds for projects that restore coastal wetlands for climate adaptation
The Center for Coastal Climate Resilience (CCCR) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has partnered with The Nature Conservancy to develop a new tool for funding wetland conservation and restoration projects through ...
Environment
Apr 27, 2026
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A host of positive 'tipping points' can regenerate nature
A host of positive "tipping points" can spark rapid nature recovery, a leading expert says. Action to protect and restore nature must accelerate radically to meet global goals for 2030 and beyond. Writing in the journal Nature ...
Environment
Apr 27, 2026
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Researchers enhance original forestry decision-making software
Mississippi State researchers have developed an updated version of a widely used forestry decision-making tool, improving accessibility and usability while maintaining its analytical strength.
Ecology
Apr 11, 2026
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Reduced-impact management can promote forest recovery and carbon storage
The adoption of management techniques that reduce the impact of timber harvesting can promote the recovery of tropical forests, such as the Amazon, and store carbon in the long term while maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem ...
Environment
Mar 12, 2026
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Study finds biodiversity credits could boost rewilding, but fall far short
Payments that enable landowners to rewild ecologically degraded land—in the form of biodiversity credits bought by investors wishing to offset their impact on nature—could be an effective component of the emerging market ...
Environment
Mar 8, 2026
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Effective marine protection can more than triple dive tourism revenue
Funding sustained, effective management of marine protected areas is one of ocean conservation's most stubborn problems. Now, a new study from researchers at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography links fish recovery ...
Ecology
Mar 4, 2026
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