Natural resource management

We explore policies and solutions for sustainable management of natural resources and ecosystem services to mitigate the pressures of population growth and climate change and preserve these resources for present and future generations.

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Land Use Policy and Climate Change: A Conversation with Charles Taylor

Jul. 8, 2024 by Robert N Stavins and Charles Taylor

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What Do Africa and the Arctic Have in Common? A Lot, It Turns Out

Jun. 3, 2024 by Elizabeth Hanlon and Tessa Varvares
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Natural Resources & Environmental Economics: A Conversation with Geoffrey Heal

May. 1, 2023 by Robert N Stavins and Geoffrey M. Heal
The International Law of the Sea and Arctic Governance: Paving the Way to Integrated Ecosystem-Based Marine Management

by Andrey Todorov Feb. 21, 2023

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Land Use Policy and Climate Change: A Conversation with Charles Taylor

Jul. 8, 2024 by Robert N Stavins and Charles Taylor

Q&A

What Do Africa and the Arctic Have in Common? A Lot, It Turns Out

Jun. 3, 2024 by Elizabeth Hanlon and Tessa Varvares

Event Summary

from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

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Composite image of the African continent and the northern lights.

Natural Resources & Environmental Economics: A Conversation with Geoffrey Heal

May. 1, 2023 by Robert N Stavins and Geoffrey M. Heal

Article

from Harvard Environmental Economics Program

The International Law of the Sea and Arctic Governance: Paving the Way to Integrated Ecosystem-Based Marine Management

Feb. 21, 2023 by Andrey Todorov

Books

from Cambridge University Press

The Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Moratorium: A Rare Example of the Precautionary Principle in Fisheries Management

Jan. 16, 2023 by Cayla Calderwood and Fran Ulmer

Article

from Polar Record

Thoughts on Water Management and Environmental Justice: A Conversation with Sheila Olmstead

Oct. 8, 2021 by Robert N Stavins and Sheila M. Olmstead

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from Harvard Environmental Economics Program

Water and Warfare: The Evolution and Operation of the Water Taboo

Spring 2021 by Charlotte Grech-Madin

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from International Security

French soldiers paddling from house to house in an inundated western front village searching for food in France on June 7, 1940. The French voluntarily flooded the village in an attempt to hold up the blitzkrieging German army.

Greenland in the New Arctic

Feb. 22, 2021

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from Arctic Circle