News at a Glance

Environment Program News

Press releases and publications
from the Environment Program

What’s New:

DDCF Grant to The Nature Conservancy to Improve Wetlands Mitigation Practices in Partnership with Environmental Law Institute, US Army Corps of Engineers and US Environmental Protection Agency

Press Release (644 KB PDF)
December 17, 2009

Grantee News

Press releases and other news from
Environment Program grantees

What’s New:

Peterson Institute for International Economics and World Resources Institute Widen Scope of Climate Change Research with $400,000 Grant from DDCF

PIIE / WRI News (88 KB PDF)
September 14, 2009

Grantee Publications & Resources

Publications and resources created by Environment Program grantees with DDCF support

What’s New:

The Hope of Habitat Banking:
A Tool to Help Fulfill the Promise
of State Wildlife Action Plans

The Environmental Forum
July/August 2009
Article (2 MB PDF)

Program News

Press releases and publications from the Environment Program, organized by initiative and then by strategy.

Habitat Conservation

2008 External Program Review

Dr. Mark Shaffer, Environment Program Director,
Shares an Update on the 2008 External Review of the
DDCF Habitat Conservation Initiative

2008 External Program Review
July 15, 2008

Identify Critical Lands

DDCF Grant to NatureServe Will Help States Update Wildlife Action Plans to Account for Climate Change and Expand Cross-border Collaboration

Press Release (137 KB PDF)
September 10, 2009

DDCF Awards Four Grants Totaling $3.6 Million to
Help States Safeguard Nature in an Era of Climate Change

Press Release (60 KB PDF)
April 21, 2009

DDCF Awards $300,000 Grant to Conservation Resources Inc. to Expand Work of the Raritan-Piedmont Wildlife Habitat Partnership in New Jersey

Press Release (224 KB PDF)
April 3, 2009

Grant to National Wildlife Federation Will Support Implementation of Wildlife Action Plans in Georgia, Massachusetts, Montana, North Carolina and Wisconsin

December 6, 2005
Press Release (24 KB PDF)

DDCF Awards Grants to Six Organizations to Strengthen State Wildlife Protection Efforts

February 3, 2005
Press Release (33 KB PDF); Grant Details (28 KB PDF)

Implement Land Protection

DDCF Grant to The Nature Conservancy to Improve Wetlands Mitigation Practices in Partnership with Environmental Law Institute, US Army Corps of Engineers and US Environmental Protection Agency

Press Release (644 KB PDF)
December 17, 2009

DDCF Grant to The Trust for Public Land Helps Communities Put Nature's Priorities into Local Planning

Press Release (127 KB PDF)
November 16, 2009

DDCF Awards Grant to Regional Plan Association to Help Connect Wildlife Conservation and Community Planning
in the Northeast

Press Release (221 KB PDF)
October 22, 2009

DDCF Grant of $6 Million Supports Creation of
Open Space Institute's Initiative to Protect
Priority Habitats in New England

Press Release (139 KB PDF)
July 31, 2009

DDCF Awards $2 Million Grant to
Environmental Defense Fund to Advance
Conservation Efforts with Private Land Owners

Press Release (24 KB PDF)
May 28, 2009

DDCF Announces $7 Million Grant
to Accelerate Implementation of
State Wildlife Action Plans in the Northwest

Press Release (49 KB PDF)
March 11, 2009

DDCF Awards $4.4 Million Grant to
Wildlife Conservation Society to Enable
Expansion of the Wildlife Action Opportunities Fund

January 15, 2009
Press Release (114 KB PDF)

DDCF Awards $13 Million Grant to Accelerate the Conservation of Wildlife Habitat in the West

March 18, 2008
Press Release (676 KB PDF)

DDCF Awards $10.8 Million to Advance Implementation of State Wildlife Action Plans in Five Midwestern States

September 6, 2007
Press Release (58 KB PDF)

DDCF Awards Two Grants to Establish a
$7.5 Million Land Protection Initiative in the Southeast
and a $2.6 Million Opportunities Fund to Advance Implementation of State Wildlife Action Plans Across U.S.

July 28, 2006
Press Release (28 KB PDF)

DDCF Recognizes Land-Protection Strategies in
Florida and Massachusetts

September 12, 2005
Press Release (24 KB PDF)

DDCF Approves Millions for
Habitat Conservation in Four Regions of U.S.

January 24, 2005
Press Release (24 KB PDF)

Build Conservation Knowledge

DDCF Grant Launches Wildlife Habitat
Policy Research Program

March 1, 2006
Press Release (25 KB PDF)

Woodrow Wilson Foundation to Manage and Expand
Doris Duke Conservation Fellowship Program

November 11, 2005
Press Release (24 KB PDF)

DDCF Grant to Land Trust Alliance Supports
National Accreditation Program to Strengthen
Oversight of Local Land Trusts

April 19, 2005
Press Release (26 KB PDF); Accreditation Website

DDCF Land Conservation Initiative:
Mid-Term Assessment of Grants
in New Jersey and Rhode Island

June 4, 2002
Assessment (3 MB PDF)

Climate Change

DDCF Awards $1.6 Million in Grants for
Nonpartisan Research on Critical Issues in
Ongoing Debate about Federal Climate Change Policies

Press Release (27 KB PDF)
March 19, 2009

DDCF Awards $750,000 Grant to Natural Resources Defense Council to Analyze Options for Using Economic Value Created by Cap-and-Trade System

Press Release (139 KB PDF)
November 18, 2008

DDCF Awards $1.5 Million Grant to Support Coordinated Research by the Peterson Institute for International Economics and the World Resources Institute on How to Align International Trade and Climate Change Policies

Press Release (118 KB PDF)
May 29, 2008

Doris Duke Going Green: Joan Spero, President,
and Andrew Bowman, Director of the Climate Change Initiative, Broach the Battle Against Global Warming

Feature in NYRAG Memo (143 KB PDF)
April 2008

DDCF Climate Change Initiative Awards Five Grants
Totaling $6.6 Million to Accelerate the Development of
Clean-Energy Technologies

February 7, 2008
Press Release (43 KB PDF)

DDCF Invests $21 Million in Energy Foundation
to Accelerate Deployment of Climate-Friendly
Technologies in U.S. and China

August 14, 2007
Press Release (29 KB PDF)

DDCF Awards Six Grants to Support
Development of U.S. and Global Policy
Options for Addressing Climate Change

July 5, 2007
Press Release (36 KB PDF)

DDCF Launches Five-Year,
$100 Million Climate Change Initiative

April 9, 2007
Press Release (28KB PDF); Initiative Overview (35KB PDF)

Grantee News

Press releases and other news from Environment Program grantees, organized by initiative and then by strategy.

Habitat Conservation

Identify Critical Lands

Grants from DDCF Advance NatureServe's
Support for State Wildlife Conservation Strategies

February 25, 2005
Press Release (63 KB PDF)

Implement Land Protection

$10 Million Center for Conservation Incentives
at Environmental Defense to Benefit
Landowners, Environment

March 4, 2003

• Press Release (124 KB PDF)
• Selection Process (37 KB PDF)
• Request for Proposals (42 KB PDF)
• The Private Lands Opportunity:
  The Case for Conservation Incentives (627 KB PDF)

Build Conservation Knowledge

Doris Duke Conservation Fellows Program
Expands to Include Eight Leading Graduate Programs

July 10, 2006
Press Release (65 KB PDF)

Climate Change

Technology Innovation Policies

Peterson Institute for International Economics and World Resources Institute Widen Scope of Climate Change Research with $400,000 Grant from DDCF

PIIE / WRI News (88 KB PDF)
September 14, 2009

Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements Receives Additional Funding from DDCF
to Expand Research in Key Areas

Harvard Press Release (58 KB PDF)
July 21, 2009

Design Pricing Policies for Greenhouse Gases

Groundbreaking Analysis Finds Abundant, Low-Cost U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Opportunities

Analysis Funded in Part by
DDCF Grant to Environmental Defense
November 29, 2007
Environmental Defense Press Release
McKinsey & Company Report

Grantee Publications & Resources

Publications and resources created by
Environment Program grantees with DDCF support,
organized by subject area:

Conservation Economics, Conservation Incentives, Evaluation & Monitoring, Integrating State Wildlife Action Plans into Other Conservation Efforts, Land Use Planning & Conservation, State Wildlife Action Plans, and Sustainable Forestry

Conservation Economics

Economic Benefits of Conserving Natural Lands. Case Study: Yaquina Bay Conservation Opportunity Area, Oregon

December 2008 – Defenders of Wildlife
Report (687 KB PDF)

The Cost of a Comprehensive National Wildlife Habitat Conservation System

October 2008 – Defenders of Wildlife
Report (642 KB PDF)

Assessing the Wealth of Nature: Economic Studies to Promote Land Conservation Instead of Sprawl

2006 – Defenders of Wildlife
Report (520 KB PDF)

A Review of Economic Benefits of Species and Habitat Conservation

July 26, 2006 – Defenders of Wildlife
Conservation Economics Working Paper #4 (671 KB PDF)

From Walden to Wall Street - Frontiers of Conservation Finance

September 29, 2005 – James Levitt, Island Press
Book

The Cost of Community Services: The Value of Agricultural Land & Open Spaces in the Red Hill Region of Southwest Georgia & North Florida

The Georgia Conservancy, The Conservation Fund, 1000 Friends of Florida, and Tall Timbers
Report

Conservation Incentives

The Landowner Incentive Program:
Strategies for Long-Term Effectiveness

June 2005 – Environmental Defense
Incentive Paper No. 3

Endangered Species Act: Success or Failure?

May 2005 – Environmental Defense
Incentive Paper No. 2

Building on Success: Improving the Endangered Species Act

May 2005 – Environmental Defense
Incentive Paper No. 1

Landowner Incentive Program: Model State Approaches & Recommendations to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

July 2003 – Environmental Defense
Discussion Paper

Evaluation & Monitoring

Habitat Monitoring: An Approach for Reporting
Status and Trends for State Comprehensive
Wildlife Conservation Strategies

March 22, 2005 - Defenders of Wildlife
Report

Monitoring and Evaluation Practices in the
Consultative Group on Biological Diversity Membership

July 12, 2002 – Foundations of Success
Final Report for the CGBD (997 KB PDF)

Integrating State Wildlife Action Plans into
Other Conservation Efforts

Open Space Programs

The Nature of Open Space Programs:
Linking Land Protection & Biodiversity Conservation

December 2006 – Environmental Law Institute
Report

Mitigation

Mitigation of Impacts to Fish and Wildlife Habitat: Estimating Costs and Identifying Opportunities

October 2007 – Environmental Law Institute
Report

The Status and Character of
In-Lieu Fee Mitigation in the United States

June 2006 – Environmental Law Institute
Report

2005 Status Report on
Compensatory Mitigation in the United States

April 2006 – Environmental Law Institute
Report

Transportation Planning

Linking Conservation and Transportation: Using the State Wildlife Action Plans to Protect Wildlife from Road Impacts

2007 – Defenders of Wildlife
Report

Second Nature: Improving Transportation
Without Putting Nature Second

April 22, 2003 – Defenders of Wildlife
Report

Utilities

State Wildlife Action Plans and Utilities: New Conservation Opportunities for America's Wildlife

2007 – Environmental Law Institute
Report

Land Use Planning & Conservation

NatureServe Vista: A Tool for Good Planning -
Version 2.0 Available for Free Public Download

March 19, 2009
NatureServe Vista

Linking Conservation and Land Use Planning: Using the State Wildlife Action Plans to Protect Wildlife From Urbanization

2007 – Defenders of Wildlife
Report

Environmental Law Institute Announces Fourth Installment in DDCF-Supported Publication Series

May 26, 2004

• Nature-Friendly Ordinances:
  Local Measures for Biodiversity (May 2004)
• Planning with Nature: Biodiversity Information in Action
  (February 2003)
• Conservation Thresholds for Land-Use Planners
  (April 2003)
• Planning for Biodiversity:
  Authorities in State Land Use Laws (October 2003)

Integrating Land Use Planning and Biodiversity

February 2003 - Defenders of Wildlife
Report

Appalachian Mountain Club's Interactive Mapping Service Provides Information on Natural Landscape and Conservation Opportunities in Northern Forest

September 18, 2002
Interactive Mapping Service

Halting the Invasion:
State Tools for Invasive Species Management

September 12, 2002 - Environmental Law Institute
Report

Smart Links: Turning Conservation Dollars
into Smart Growth Opportunities

July 7, 2002 - Environmental Law Institute
Report

A Biological Conservation Assessment
for the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

July 2001 - Greater Yellowstone Coalition
Executive Summary (4 MB PDF)

State Wildlife Action Plans

The Hope of Habitat Banking: A tool to help fulfill the promise of state wildlife action plans

July/August 2009 – The Environmental Forum
Article (2 MB PDF)

Hidden in Plain Sight: The Role of Plants in State Wildlife Action Plans

2008 – NatureServe
Report

Conservation Across the Landscape:
A Review of the State Wildlife Action Plans

March 2006 – Defenders of Wildlife
Report

State Wildlife Action Plans: Working together to prevent wildlife from becoming endangered

Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
Report

State Wildlife Action Plans: Five-Year Accomplishment Report

Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
Report

State Wildlife Action Plans: From Vision to On-The-Ground Action

Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
Report

Sustainable Forestry

Beyond Old Growth - Older Forests in a Changing World

2008 – National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry
Report (3 MB PDF)

Conserving Biodiversity Through Sustainable Forestry - A Guide to Applying NCSSF Research

2007 – National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry
Guidebook (11 MB PDF)

Science, Biodiversity and Sustainable Forestry:
18 Findings of the National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry's Work in 4 Key Areas

January 4, 2005

View full report (2 MB PDF) or sections:

• Overview - Introduction (504 KB PDF)
  
  
• Context (201 KB PDF)
  
  
• Findings and Implications:
  
  Landscape Patterns (455 KB PDF)
  
  Disturbance Dynamics (461 KB PDF)
  
  Biodiversity Indicators (404 KB PDF)
  
  Adaptive Management (384 KB PDF)
  
  
• Work in Progress (233 KB PDF)
  
  
• Appendix, References, Acknowledgments (329 KB PDF)

Biodiversity and Sustainable Forestry:
State of the Science Review 2002

January 2003 - National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry
Report (378 KB PDF)

America's Private Forests:
Status and Stewardship

2001 - Constance Best and Laurie A. Wayburn
Book