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Ecosystems clean water and air, regenerate soils, provide us with food and materials, and more. SEI works at the intersection between human needs and healthy ecosystems to protect human well-being over the long term.
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Journal article / Can trading environmentally-based commodities as financial assets effectively protect ecosystems? This paper discusses the question of ecosystem valuation.
Journal article / This article looks at rapid environmental change in the floodplains of the Mekong River in Cambodia and Vietnam and calls for their sustainable development.
Journal article / Aims and methods for developing an an interactive, cartographic map of the impacts of metal mining on Arctic social-ecological systems.
Media coverage / SEI's Ekaterina Bessonova unwraps the palm oil debate and explores why boycotting palm oil is not the solution.
SEI brief / Why are Arctic wetlands so important? This brief discusses why and presents a new project that will recommend ways to preserve these unique environments.
Media coverage / SEI study uses citizen engagement to record and locate Yorkshire's Mountain Hare population.
Media coverage / SEI case study on sediment in the Mekong River basin illustrates environmental and economic effects of unregulated sand mining.
Project / Assessing trade in agricultural commodities e.g. palm oil and soybean production in environments at risk.
Press release / A new multi-million project will aim to make trade a positive force for both marginalised people and nature conservation.
