CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH

At OneNature, we recognize that the existing research around the value of nature is incomplete. It generally ignores the value of wildlife within natural systems and to human well-being. We have designed studies to fill this research gap, and quantify the importance of wildlife and biodiversity in new ways. We partner with leading academics who analyze existing data, conduct novel research, and produce a robust and repruducable way to value contributions of wildlife to human well-being.

Armed with this important data, we are developing a set of well-being indicators and practical recommendations for individuals and policy makers. Better information on the true values of wildlife will help decision makers prioritize global policies, funding and projects to secure the benefits and minimize the risks to the well-being of people, animals and the planet now and for future generations.

Once research is completed, it will be shared as widely as possible through peer-reviewed academic publications, as well as more accessible reports, videos, and digital formats, spreading the fact-based knowledge that wildlife matters and that we need it to thrive.

Robert F. Kennedy

Too much and for too long, we seemed to have surrendered personal excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our Gross National Product… counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts the destruction of the redwood and the loss of our natural wonder in chaotic sprawl… Yet the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials… it measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile. –

Robert F. Kennedy, University of Kansas, March 18, 1968