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The SNAPP Innovation Hub is a new partnership between the Doris Duke Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, and Wildlife Conservation Society. The Innovation Hub funded two interdisciplinary working groups and three Research Fellows to strengthen the evidence for, and create a roadmap to implement, a shared vision for a nature-positive future in the United States.
Nature Assessments for Futures Thinking
This United States-wide working group was convened to synthesize the best available quantitative and qualitative data on the economic and social benefits of nature to society to highlight these benefits in a way that enables action by diverse agents of change, including communities, Tribes, and small and large nonprofits.
Future Tidal Wetlands
This working group will synthesize existing biophysical models and scientific literature related to the timing and extent of Gulf tidal wetland transformation along the Gulf coast counties of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas related to TNC’s Restoration, Adaptive Management, and Protection for Future Wetlands (RAMP for Wetlands) initiative.
Innovation Hub Fellows
Jahnelle Howe is our SNAPP Innovation Hub Quantitative Research Fellow! Jahnelle will be conducting research to develop socioeconomic valuations of conserved areas across the United States, working closely with SNAPP Innovation Hub PIs Phil Loring, Beck Chaplin-Kramer (WWF), and Danielle Ignace (UMN). Jahnelle is based in New York City.
Helen Cheng is our SNAPP Innovation Hub Qualitative Research Fellow! Helen will be synthesizing and communicating the quantitative and qualitative data on the benefits of nature to the U.S. society. She will focus on fostering collaboration with a cross section of end-users to develop pathways of knowledge to action while utilizing equitable and place-based approaches to conservation and stewardship of nature. Helen will be working closely with SNAPP Innovation Hub PIs Phil Loring and Danielle Ignace. Helen is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
