Case Studies

Published in April, 2018, by a team at UC Santa Cruz, ETH ZURICK  and The Nature Conservancy in PLOS ONE, the study quantified the flood risks to people and property for the entire U.S. coast of the Gulf of Mexico under current and future climate scenarios and economic growth projections, and compared the cost effectiveness of nature-based and artificial solutions for flood reduction across the Gulf of Mexico.

This case study, found in the Bridge Collaborative Practitioners Guide on page 14, demonstrates how using evidence from multiple sectors can provide a common basis from which to compare approaches across multiple types of impact.

This case study, found on page 18 of the Bridge Collaborative Practitioners Guide, describes how the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is working with Duke University to develop a systems framework to use as a reference point for BLM's energy decisions on lands across the southwestern United States.

This Northern Kenya Rangelands Livestock to Markets case study demonstrates how analyzing market forces and economic drivers can help conservation practitioners identify a markets-based and/or investable solution to a conservation problem. This case study was chosen because it successfully illustrates the connections between business opportunities that can arise from identifying market forces.

Market Module addition to CbD 2.0_Livestock to Market Case Study