Archive for the ‘General News’ Category

Ecosystem Markets Conference

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

Josh Donlan leads a panel on innovative finance at the 3rd Annual Ecosystem Markets Conference in North Carolina.

Ecological history and conservation potential

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

Josh Donlan co-authors a paper in the journal Ecography entitled, “Ecological history and latent conservation potential: large and giant tortoises as a model for taxon substitutions”. Click here for a copy of the paper.

BBL Series: Innovative Financial Solutions for Developmen

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

Josh Donlan and Jamie Mandel present environmental mortgages at the World Bank as part of their series on Innovative Financial Solutions for Development.

Josh Donlan awarded a Guggenheim

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

ACS’s Josh Donlan is awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. Edward Hirsch, the president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, announced that in its eighty-sixth annual competition for the United States and Canada the Foundation has awarded 180 Fellowships to artists, scientists, and scholars.  The successful candidates were chosen from a group of some 3,000 applicants. Press Release.

Oostvaarderplassen in the Netherlands

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

ACS’s Josh Donlan is quoted in the March issue of Discover Magazine in an article by Andrew Curry on the rewilding of the Oostvaarderplassen in the Netherlands.

Restoration and History

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

Josh Donlan co-authors a chapter in the new book Restoration and History: The Search for a Usable Environmental Past.

Island Invasives: Eradication and Management Conference.

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

Josh Donlan presents a talk on island restoration in Auckland, New Zealand at the Island Invasives: Eradication and Management Conference.

International Year of Biodiversity

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

Josh Donlan is invited to speak on rewilding at the UNESCO International Year of Biodiversity Science Policy Conference in Paris (25-29 January). He co-chaired the committee on the statement and recommendations from the conference for the Conference of the Parties to the CBD to be held in Nagoya, Japan in October.

Echoing Green Fellowship Semi-finalist

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

ACS’s NatureWorm project is chosen as a semi-finalist for the Echoing Green Fellowship Competition.

Island Restoration in California

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Josh Donlan co-authors a paper in the journal Oryx describing the milestone island restoration projects on Anacapa Island in the U.S. Channel Islands National Park. Click here for a copy of the article.

Marketplace of Innovative Financial Solutions - Finalist

Monday, January 11th, 2010

ACS is selected as 1 of 20 finalists in the Marketplace on Innovative Financial Solutions for Development Competition sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank, and the Agence Francaise de Developpement.

TRB Annual Meeting

Monday, January 11th, 2010

ACS’s James Mandel presents a talk at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in Washington DC on ecosystem service markets and associated performance measures.