conservation

Local costs of conservation exceed those borne by the global majority

Journal article / Conservation planning tools and processes need to consider local costs as well as broader benefits.

The mining industry in a sustainable future

Project / Svemin, together with SEI, initiated a project to analyse the role of the mining and minerals industry in the shift towards a sustainable future.

Resilience and management of Arctic wetlands

Project / Strengthening engagement on the roles and functions of wetlands to support sustainable development and resilience in the Arctic.

Is environmental legislation conserving tropical stream faunas? A large-scale assessment of local, riparian and catchment-scale influences on Amazonian fish

Journal article / This article presents evidence that current environmental legislation designed to protect streams and their biota in the Amazon is not fit for purpose

Landscape correlates of bushmeat consumption and hunting in a post-frontier Amazonian region

Journal article / Field evidence that overturns the assumption that rural–urban migration in the tropics will reduce hunting of bushmeat and endangered forest species

Ventura River

Project / SEI is building the Ventura Water Allocation Model (VWAM) using SEI’s flagship WEAP software for the Ventura River watershed in California.

Chindwin biodiversity ecosystem services

Project / Helping to conserve biodiversity in the Chindwin River Basin in Myanmar by supporting local communities and state agencies.

Shasta River Water Allocation Model

Project / SEI is developing the Shasta River Water Allocation Model to help evaluate potential management actions in the watershed under the California Water Action Plan.

Habitat loss on Rondon’s marmoset potential distribution

Journal article / Habitat loss on Rondon’s marmoset potential distribution