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Protecting Waterways from a Deadly Problem

By Mindy Selman on December 17, 2009

Nutrient pollution emerges as one of the greatest threats to water quality.

Fact Sheet: How Nutrient Trading Can Help Restore the Chesapeake Bay

By Cy Jones on December 14, 2009

A new Fact Sheet on nutrient trading in the Chesapeake Bay region covers issues such as potential costs and revenues, and how farmers and other stakeholders can benefit.

Fact Sheet: Stacking Payments for Ecosystem Services

By Nicholas Bianco on November 12, 2009

Payments for ecosystem services are becoming an increasingly important part of the U.S. business and regulatory landscape. As programs that provide payments for ecosystem services grow, policy makers will need to determine how these various payments should interact with each other.

Eutrophication: Policies, Action, and Strategies to Address Nutrient Pollution

Mindy Selman, Suzie Greenhalgh

September, 2009

This policy note provides an overview of the range of actions, policies, and institutions around the globe that address nutrient pollution and eutrophication.

World’s Waters Choking from Meat Consumption and Other Human Activities

July 21, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Greater meat consumption and demand for fossil fuels worldwide are expected to cause increasingly more harmful algal blooms and dead zones in coastal and freshwater areas.

Eutrophication: Sources and Drivers of Nutrient Pollution

Mindy Selman and Suzie Greenhalgh

June, 2009

This policy note provides a snapshot of the sources of nutrient pollution and the corresponding socioeconomic drivers that are increasing nutrient levels in our waterways.

Report: Beijing’s Water and Waste Performance at Olympics Earns Gold

June 9, 2009
Location: BEIJING, CHINA

Beijing achieved and largely exceeded the drinking water and waste-management goals it set as part of its bid for last summer’s Olympics, according to a new report.

New Hope for the Chesapeake Bay, Maybe

By Cy Jones on May 15, 2009

Presidential intervention has raised the stakes in a decades-long effort to clean up Chesapeake Bay.

Water Quality Trading Programs: An International Overview

March, 2009

EPA Partners With WRI to Heighten Awareness of Ecosystem Services

October 29, 2008
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a collaboration to deliver improved science and practical tools to help companies and governments protect ecosystems and address climate change.

Scaling-Up Successful Nature-Based Development

By Payson Schwin on October 14, 2008

In this interview, Crispino Lobo of the Watershed Organization Trust talks about how rural villages can escape poverty by managing their land sustainably.

A Better Way for the U.S. Government to Clean Our Water

By Mindy Selman on August 7, 2008

When it comes to allocating money for conservation, reverse auctions can help governments get the biggest bang for their buck.

Paying for Environmental Performance: Potential Cost Savings Using a Reverse Auction in Program Signup

Mindy Selman, Suzie Greenhaigh, Michael Taylor, Jenny Guiling

July, 2008

High Economic Values Placed on Coral Reefs in Tobago and St. Lucia

June 14, 2008
Location: LOWLANDS, TOBAGO

Direct annual economic benefits of tourism and fisheries resulting from coral reefs amounts to US$94 million in St. Lucia and US$44 million in Tobago. Those numbers amount to 11 percent and 15 percent of those Caribbean islands’ yearly gross-domestic product.

Coastal Populations Losing Livelihoods to Polluted Waters

April 2, 2008
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Coastal communities worldwide are witnessing their livelihoods choked by agricultural and industrial pollution, according to findings released today by the World Resources Institute.

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