Rebecca Goldman
Rebecca Goldman is a senior scientist at The Nature Conservancy, which she joined in June 2008. Her main responsibilities include working with scientists on the Conservancy's board of directors and working on ecosystem services topics and projects. Most recently, her focus has been on water fund projects which are rapidly proliferating throughout Central and South America. Specifically, she is 1) helping design technical monitoring plans for these projects to ensure that the Conservancy's conservation investments are effective and 2) analyzing the potential for replicating the water fund approach globally.
Rebecca earned her Ph.D. in 2008 from Stanford University's Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, working there with Gretchen Daily and Buzz Thompson. Her thesis focused on ecosystem services and the design of incentives for their provision. Rebecca continues to be interested in the link between ecosystem service provision, biodiversity conservation and the enhancement of human well-being.
Posts by Rebecca Goldman:
Conservation? The Economy? People? It’s All the Same Conversation
There is a growing demand from science, from policy and from conservation itself to include people in conservation.
In the meantime, conservationists are still trying to figure out how to best conserve habitats and species and now how to do this with climate change. Now we’re piling on people, too?
But I would argue that thinking people [...]
Posted: September 2nd, 2009 under Conservation Issues, Ecosystem Services, South America, Sustainable Livelihoods, Water Conservation.
Tags: biodiversity, clean air, clean water, Climate Change, Ecosystem Services, G.D.P, nature, people, poverty, The New York Times, water funds. Rebecca Goldman
Comments: 5
Adapting to Climate Change? Don’t Forget People
I am guessing that few if any people reading this would picture people when they think about an ecosystem. I know when I think ecosystems, I think plants, animals, rivers, etc., but not people.
Ecosystems are about nature. People aren’t nature, right?
But, by definition, there is nothing that excludes people from being part of an ecosystem. [...]
Posted: August 4th, 2009 under Climate Change, Climate Science & Research, Conservation Issues, Ecosystem Services, Indigenous Communities, Oceans & Coasts, Protected Areas, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Nature Conservancy.
Tags: adaptation, alternative livelihoods, Amazon climate, Amazon indigenous climate, climate adaptation, Climate Change, ecosystem definition, Ecosystem Services, ecosystem-based adaptation, ecosystems, livelihoods, Marine Protected Areas, natural adaptation to climate change, New York Times climate, Oxford English Dictionary ecosystem
Comments: 2
Still More ‘Evidence’ That Scientists Need To Stop Talking in Science-Speak
As scientists we are trained to speak in uncertain terms, to couch evidence in probabilities, and to be accurate about our inaccuracies. The consequence: an insider language.
To be fair, we are not trying to sound overly intellectual (at least not always). Rather, we are not taught nor rewarded for other communication types. In addition, [...]
Posted: July 15th, 2009 under Climate Change, Climate Science & Research, Conservation Issues, Science, The Nature Conservancy, United States.
Tags: American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, Climate Change, communications, global warming, New York Times, Pew Climate survey, Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, Rebecca Goldman, Science, scientist communication, The Nature Conservancy
Comments: 23
