Science for Nature and People Partnership (SNAPP)

SNAPP's working groups catalyze change through science, helping to address #global challenges like food and water security 💧 #climate change 🌎 and protecting vulnerable #ecosystems.    Have an idea you think would make a great SNAPP working group? Our concept note portal opens August 5th. Join us in creating global change!    Learn more at https://lnkd.in/dv8MKDpm  

Successful SNAPP Meeting in Yerevan, Armenia Science for Nature and People Partnership (SNAPP) held a productive working group meeting in Yerevan, Armenia. The meeting, led by Gohar Petrossian and Damian Weekers, focused on a project to gather literature on Wildlife Crime Prevention (WCP) interventions globally and create a resource for practitioners and researchers. This project aims to provide evidence-based solutions to combat the global threat of wildlife crime and support conservation efforts worldwide.

Conservation Agriculture (CA) aims to enhance crop productivity while simultaneously minimizing impacts on the environment. These techniques are essential for growers looking to improve sustainability, while maintaining output and profits. To help growers, decisionmakers, researchers, and other stakeholders consider the benefits and tradeoffs of CA, The Nature Conservancy and the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability have teamed up to create AgEvidence, an online resource offering users an interactive dataset of decades of CA implementation across the US Midwest. https://lnkd.in/gBMSPsM7 Congratulations to Stephen Wood, Lesley Atwood, PhD, and Maria Gannett on this important effort and the recently published article in Scientific Data. SNAPP is proud to have been a part of this work through our Managing Soil Organic Carbon working group. Find out more about this and other SNAPP working groups here: https://lnkd.in/gBGgEDQ8

🐠 The efforts of our Data Limited Fisheries working group continue to ripple across the fisheries management landscape 🐟 Several years after the conclusion of the SNAPP group and launch of the FishPath tool, our friends at The Nature Conservancy continue to use the group's finds and this vital tool to improve the sustainability of fisheries management the world over, this time working closely with local stakeholders in Tanzania's octopus fisheries. Congratulations to Carmen Revenga and the entire FishPath team on this important effort! Learn more about the use of the FishPath tool in Tanzania here: https://lnkd.in/ewtK_ZBb More about our Data Limited Fisheries SNAPP group here: https://lnkd.in/gDs2CAX8

SNAPP is thrilled to see our Zero Deforestation Landscape working group's efforts continue to bear fruit 🍎 This recent study from working group leads Kimberly Carlson, Michael Eggen, and Robert Heilmayr offers promising solutions for achieving more effective and equitable zero deforestation outcomes. 📜 Read the full paper here: https://lnkd.in/eGxcsrE8 💡 Find out more about this SNAPP working group here: https://lnkd.in/e6YU4a66

📢 New Resource Announcement #ForCoral! Wildlife Conservation Society have released a new Coastal Pollution Toolkit #DYK? More than 50% of #coralreefs and 80% of #seagrass beds are exposed to wastewater pollution? Are you concerned about #pollution but are not sure on how to start assessing and monitoring it? Then this is the toolkit for you. 🔹 Part 1, in A Guide for Pollution Assessment & Monitoring in Coastal Ecosystems learn how to develop a pollution assessment and monitoring strategy that can be used to inform decision-making and initiate change 🔹 Part 2 - Factsheets on Approaches to Assessing & Monitoring Coastal Pollution 🔹 Part 3 - Factsheets on Methods for Collection of In-Situ Water Quality More information and the toolkit can be found on the WCS webpage: https://lnkd.in/eytKGPN5 This work was funded by Science for Nature and People Partnership (SNAPP) in partnership with Cefas

Exciting recent news: Findings of SNAPP’s Rwanda Natural Capital Accounting group recently yielded a $40 million award from the Green Climate Fund, in large part as a result of Wildlife Conservation Society’s efforts in the area and the Rwandan government commitment to restore its natural capital as well as to use science to shape and strengthen its policies and decisions. Read more about this award here: https://bit.ly/3w8ejvn More on the SNAPP Rwanda Natural Capital Accounting group here: https://bit.ly/495TkHV

SNAPP is excited to announce the addition of a new member to our Science Advisory Council, Doley Tshering of UNDP! Doley joins SNAPP as Principal Technical Advisory for Ecosystems and Biodiversity with UNDP's Nature Hub where he provides leadership and strategic direction to the Ecosystem and Biodiversity portfolio and team with a focus on Asia-Pacific, LAC, and Europe regions. Doley brings over 20 years of experience in sustainable development to the SAC, which will be incredibly valuable as we continue review of our 2023 proposals for new working groups in the coming months! Welcome Doley!

SNAPP is thrilled to announce the addition of a new member to our Board of Directors from UNDP, Midori Paxton! Midori currently serves as the Director of UNDP's Nature Hub, within the Bureau of Policy and Programme Support. In this role she leads UNDP’s work to support over 140 countries with a range of actions to implement the Global Biodiversity Framework, Land Degradation Neutrality, nature-based solutions for climate and Sustainable Development Goals, and other multilateral agreements. To the SNAPP Board Midori brings an invaluable perspective and over 30 years of expertise at the interface of nature conservation and sustainable development. Additionally, Midori is no stranger to SNAPP, having served for several years as a key member of our Science Advisory Council. Welcome Midori!

Excited to announce this opening at The Nature Conservancy for postdoc support of our SNAPP working group on Sustainable Cattle Ranching in Colombia! Details below. Applications due by January 15th. https://lnkd.in/gjeByQGn Want to find our more about this project? Visit the working group's webpage here: https://lnkd.in/e2V4bSjJ