"Hope" is the thing with feathers...

WATCH: Wendy Paulson featured in a newly released video from Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Conservation, The Paulson Institute

October 28, 2020

Valuing nature is important not only for the economic services it provides but also for its own sake. Nature is our home, our provider, and it's also the best source of beauty, innovation and inspiration, indeed of everything that is good about life.

"'Hope' is the thing with feathers," the title of Emily Dickinson's poem of the same name, perfectly exemplifies why protecting birds and nature is critical at this moment in time.

Wendy Paulson, Vice Chairman of the Paulson Institute and Chairman of the Bobolink Foundation on what birds mean to her

More on the Paulson Institute's and the Bobolink Foundation's commitment to the protection of birds and nature:

Financing Nature: Closing the Global Biodiversity Financing Gap - Paulson Institute

The Cost of Biodiversity Loss Earth is experiencing dramatic and accelerating biodiversity loss caused by human activities. Although extinction is a natural phenomenon, scientists estimate the world is now losing species at up to 1,000 times the natural rate of one to five species per year.

https://www.paulsoninstitute.org

Protecting Biodiversity Will Take a Worldwide Effort - Paulson Institute

A new report making the economic case for valuing nature receives wide support from the financial, conservation, and diplomatic communities.

https://www.paulsoninstitute.org

Opinion | In a bleak year, the natural world stirs hope

When the World Trade Center towers were struck on Sept. 11, 2001, I was in New York's Central Park birding with a friend. As the horror of the events became clearer, I found myself returning to the park day after day, along with untold numbers of others.

https://www.washingtonpost.com

Why we need to put a number on our natural resources

Economists at the mighty International Monetary Fund used to joke that the institution's acronym should actually stand for "It's Mostly Fiscal." No wonder: the IMF is (in)famous for fretting about countries' budget plans, tax policies, growth strategies and capital flows.

https://www.ft.com

Bobolink Foundation

Over nearly three decades, The Bobolink Foundation has established an ever-growing group of conservation collaborators.

https://www.bobolinkfoundation.org

A New Study Shows What It Will Take to Reverse Biodiversity Declines

Thanks to a new report, " Financing Nature: Closing the Global Biodiversity Financing Gap," by the Paulson Institute, The Nature Conservancy, and Cornell University, we now have an authoritative analysis of the financial resources needed to stop and reverse the catastrophic biodiversity declines happening across the globe.

https://www.audubon.org

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