conservation

WEAP training: summer 2023

Past event / SEI scientists will host a three-day training on WEAP, SEI's flagship water modelling software, on 12, 14 and 16 June 2023. Register today.

“Montana’s emissions matter”: SEI’s Peter Erickson testifies for youth in Montana climate trial

Media coverage / Sixteen young people sued Montana for violating the state constitutional right to a livable climate. An SEI affiliated researcher testified on their behalf.

Opportunities for applying spatial management approaches in the Antarctic marine space

SEI report / A historic view of the Commission on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) shows how to make future progress for the Antarctic Treaty.

Application of watershed-scale habitat modeling and decision-support tools for reservoir reoperations in coastal northern California

Journal article / Researchers used a suite of tools to model human and aquatic habitat water needs in a California watershed and aid local water allocation policy.

Balancing aquatic habitat and human water supply in California: a Q&A with Doug Chalmers

Feature / Water managers must balance the needs of aquatic habitat and human supply. SEI Scientist Doug Chalmers explains a new approach to help resolve that tension.

Connected Conservation: rethinking conservation for a telecoupled world

Journal article / The paper offers a new conservation model and highlights the need to tackle distant wealth-related drivers of biodiversity loss, while empowering local stewards

Eudaimonia in the Amazon: relational values as a deep leverage point to curb tropical deforestation

Journal article / The study draws on over 70 in-depth interviews in two states of Brazil to understand what has motivated people not to join deforestation activities.

Assessing tropical deforestation and biodiversity risk in Belgium’s agricultural commodity supply chains

Other publication / SEI research and tools have contributed to this Trase report for the Belgian government.

Disaggregation of the SDG indicator 6.4.2 (level of water stress) by river basin

Past event / This UN Water Conference side event will showcase innovative methods to disaggregate water stress and its components at catchment and river basin level.