Information on Further Reading and Research
Here are some books and websites that provide details about what Prof. Gretchen C. Daily has been doing.
These also provide useful information for anyone working on research projects and papers.
[ Target Audience: High school students or older ]
(These are written for adults. Some contents
may be challenging for elementary
and junior high school students, but give it a try.)
Books
- Books Written by Professor Daily
- The New Economy of Nature: The Quest to Make Conservation Profitable
- Gretchen Daily (Author), Katherine Ellison (Author)
Island Press (2002)
ISBN-13: 978-1559631549 - Professor Daily and journalist Katherine Ellison visited people engaged in nature conservation around the world and published a record of their activities. They told us of the importance of raising awareness about the value of ecosystem services.
- The Power of Trees
- Gretchen Daily (Author), Charles Katz (Photographer)
Trinity University Press (2012)
ISBN-13: 978-1595341327 - Utilizing her poetic expression and beautiful pictures taken by Charles Katz, Professor Daily tells about the benefits we and all other living organisms receive from trees.
- Nature's Services: Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems
- Gretchen Daily (Editor)
Island Press (1997)
ISBN-13: 978-1559634762 - The book consists of innovative papers that teach about ecosystem services based on the idea that our economy cannot exist without the benefits of nature.
- Natural Capital: Theory and Practice of Mapping Ecosystem Services
- Peter Kareiva, Heather Tallis, Taylor H. Ricketts, Gretchen C. Daily, Stephen Polasky
Oxford University Press (2011)
ISBN-13: 978-0199589005 - This book shows specific proposals to adequately increase knowledge about ecosystem services and about how to protect it.
- Related books
- Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?
- Alan Weisman (Author)
Little, Brown and Company (2013)
ISBN-13: 978-0316097758 - This book raised an alarm about an important issue - the impact of population increases on the global environment. It explained a wide range of activities in Costa Rica and China in which Professor Daily got involved.
- Other publications
- Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment: Publications Author: Gretchen Daily
Websites
- Mini-biography video of Blue Planet Prize Winners
- 2017(26th) Prof.Gretchen C. Daily
- Blue Planet Prize Commemorative Lectures Video
- [ 2017 Prof. Gretchen C. Daily ] Harmonizing People and Nature
- Blue Planet Prize TV program
- 2017 OUR BLUE PLANET -Saving the Earth for the Future-
- Gring and Woodin's Comic
- Blue Planet Prize Fun School Series
- Prof. Daily's Fun School
- Stanford University
- Stanford University
- On Prof. Gretchen C. Daily
- Bing Professor of Environmental Science, Department of Biology, Stanford University
- Director, Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University
- Senior Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
- Natural Capital Project
- Natural Capital Project
- Meet our team
- InVEST (Integrated valuation of ecosystem services)
- Countryside Biogeography
- Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, second edition
- Ecosystems of Costa Rica
- Visit Costa Rica
- Eco Tourism
- Costa Rica's greatest wildlife spectacles
- Ecosystems of Costa Rica - Costa Rica Information