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Partners > Conservation Organizations
A few of our key partnerships with conservation organizations are described below. This selection is not intended to be exhaustive, but highlights a representative group of NatureServe's current partnerships.
The Nature Conservancy
NatureServe works in close partnership with The
Nature Conservancy and continues the Conservancy's long tradition of science-based
conservation. NatureServe was jointly established by the Conservancy and the
network of natural heritage programs and conservation data centers in 1999,
with the majority of NatureServe's staff transferring from the Conservancy's
Conservation Science program. Although new as an organization, NatureServe's
expertise, databases, standards, and tools thus incorporate more than a quarter-century
of experience with the natural heritage methodology developed under the auspices
of the Conservancy. One of the first products of the collaboration between NatureServe
and the Conservancy was the book-length study, Precious Heritage: The Status
of Biodiversity in the United States, published in 2000.
NatureServe and the Conservancy are currently working together on a number
of projects, including the development of an ecological systems classification,
systems for managing biodiversity information, and ecoregional planning. The
Conservancy also provides substantial ongoing logistical and financial support.
The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment
A new report issued by the Heinz Center in September 2002—The
State of the Nation's Ecosystems: Measuring the Lands, Waters, and Living Resources
of the United States—introduces a set of environmental indicators designed
to take the pulse of America's lands and waters. NatureServe scientists worked
with the Heinz Center staff to develop a set of scientifically credible indicators
on the condition of native plant and animal species. Relying on NatureServe
conservation status data, these indicators include a core national-level species-at-risk
indicator, as well as ecosystem-specific indicators for forests, grasslands
and shrublands, and freshwater. See http://www.heinzctr.org/ecosystems/index.htm.
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