Archives: International
USAID Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Finance II
March 17, 2023
Through USAID’s Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Finance II (WASH-FIN 2) activity, EI is providing systematic knowledge management and stakeholder engagement to advance USAID’s global thought leadership.
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More than a Moment: Recognizing Women as Drivers of Progress
Across the world, women are leading change and investing in their communities... Read more » Continue Reading
USAID Advancing Capacity for the Environment
February 21, 2023
Through USAID’s Advancing Capacity for the Environment (ACE) project Environmental Incentives is facilitating new knowledge generation and sharing to contribute to more effective and equitable environment and climate programs.
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Cultivating Climate Champions by Integrating Biodiversity and Alternative Development in Peru
Since launching the Climate Strategy nearly a year ago, Administrator Power has... Read more » Continue Reading
5 Minutes With Shannon Johnson
January 30, 2023
We sat down for five minutes with Shannon Johnson who serves as a... Read more » Continue Reading
Demystifying Environmental Compliance
This blog originally appeared on the News and Insights Blog on WorkwithUSAID.org.... Read more » Continue Reading
USAID Resilience Learning Activity
December 15, 2022
The Resilience Learning Activity (RLA) supports USAID’s staff, offices, and partners in Ethiopia with learning, collaboration, and research to strengthen the resilience of households, communities, and systems.
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Reflections on COP27
Last month, three Environmental Incentives (EI) team members, Jeremy Sokulsky, Amy Gambrill,... Read more » Continue Reading
EI Joins Tetra Tech on USAID’s WASH-FIN 2
November 29, 2022
Photo by Bimala Rai Colavito for iDE. Environmental Incentives (EI) is happy... Read more » Continue Reading
Request for Proposal – Latin America and the Caribbean Environmental Support Services Contract Environmental and Energy Technical Assistance
November 7, 2022
Thank you for your interest in the Technical Assistance RFP opportunity to... Read more » Continue Reading
Leading by Listening: How Outside Facilitation Can Support Strategy Development
Strategy development is standard procedure in international development, but without intentional planning... Read more » Continue Reading
EI Proudly Endorses the Principles for Locally Led Adaptation
At Environmental Incentives, our organizational purpose is to create the conditions for... Read more » Continue Reading
USAID Seeks Public Comment on Draft Beneficiary Feedback Guidance
September 19, 2022
Photo by Jason Houston for USAID. USAID is seeking external feedback on... Read more » Continue Reading
Protecting Natural Capital in East Africa: From Evidence to Action
East Africa’s iconic landscapes, and the communities that depend on them, are... Read more » Continue Reading
5 Minutes With Jenny Baca
August 16, 2022
We sat down for five minutes with Jenny Baca who serves as a... Read more » Continue Reading
EI Joins LINC on USAID’s Resilience Platform in Ethiopia
August 11, 2022
Woliso, Ethiopia. Photo by Maheder Haileselassie. We are pleased to share that... Read more » Continue Reading
USAID Pacific American Fund
August 3, 2022
Through USAID/Philippines’ Pacific American Fund EI is working to improve the quality of life in the Pacific Islands by increasing resilience to climate change and disasters, facilitating sustainable market-driven economic growth, extending access to quality health care and education, and advancing democratic governance.
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EI Joins DAI on USAID’s Advancing Capacity for the Environment
July 25, 2022
Brick Factory in Narayanganj, Bangladesh. Photo by Joy Saha. Environmental Incentives has... Read more » Continue Reading
Regional Collaboration Key for Climate Resilience in Latin America and the Caribbean
July 14, 2022
Children play in Bayahibe, Dominican Republic Many Latin American nations are on... Read more » Continue Reading
In Good Company: Learning from Private-Sector Engagement in Latin America and the Caribbean
In the southern Mexican state of Jalisco, several agro-industrial companies have a... Read more » Continue Reading
Environment and Energy Landscape in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Analysis of Trends 2020–2030
Ripple Effects: Strengthening Water Fund Sustainability in the Andean Region
In the misty forests of Colombia’s Andes Mountain region, the world seems... Read more » Continue Reading
Getting to Work on Climate
Earth Day holds special significance for us at Environmental Incentives. It not... Read more » Continue Reading
Request for Proposal – Latin America and the Caribbean Environmental Support Services Contract Video Production
April 1, 2022
Photo by Lissett Medrano for EI. The Latin America and the Caribbean... Read more » Continue Reading
From Knowing To Doing: Building Skills to Improve Evidence Use
March 24, 2022
The conservation sector is flush with information, but at times faces a... Read more » Continue Reading
5 Minutes With Takah Kapikinyu
February 2, 2022
We sat down for five minutes with Takah Kapikinyu who serves as... Read more » Continue Reading
Together for Our Planet: Reflections on COP26
The View from Inside Four members of EI’s team, Shelly Hicks, Liz... Read more » Continue Reading
EI Joins CDM Smith on USAID’s Global Architect-Engineer Infrastructure Services III IDIQ
November 11, 2021
Photo by USAID Energy We are happy to announce that Environmental Incentives will be joining... Read more » Continue Reading
Protecting East Africa’s Natural Capital in a Changing Climate Context: The Cost of Inaction
November 2, 2021
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Five Lessons on Learning from the Sustainable WASH Systems Learning Partnership
In 2016 a global consortium of eight organizations representing academia, the private... Read more » Continue Reading
Environmental Incentives to Attend COP26
October 28, 2021
Photo by Nathan Chesterman We are pleased to share that that Liz... Read more » Continue Reading
Climatelinks Receives 2021 WebAward
September 22, 2021
We’re pleased to share that Climatelinks, USAID’s global knowledge portal for climate... Read more » Continue Reading
USAID Technical, Operational, and Program Support (TOPS)
September 9, 2021
EI is a partner to EnCompass LLC on the five-year, USAID-funded Technical, Operational, and Program Support (TOPS) institutional support contract for USAID’s Bureau for Development, Democracy, and Innovation (DDI). EI brings best-in-class technical assistance to USAID’s Center for Environment, Energy, and Infrastructure (EEI), the Environmental and Social Risk Management Office, and the Agency Environmental Coordinator in the areas of climate, environment, energy, and infrastructure.
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Meeting the Climate Change Imperative
When the global crisis is local Over the past weeks the headlines... Read more » Continue Reading
EI Joins EnCompass on USAID’s TOPS
July 27, 2021
Photo by USAID Energy We are pleased to share we will be... Read more » Continue Reading
5 Minutes With Maria Abragan
June 23, 2021
We sat down for five minutes with Maria Celes Abragan who supports... Read more » Continue Reading
USAID/ESC Announces Virtual Climate Change Symposium
June 10, 2021
Photo by Kadir van Lohuizen for NOOR. U.S Embassy Guyana | June... Read more » Continue Reading
Beyond Bean Counting: Insights from Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Frameworks
Welcome to the first installment of our MEL Blog Series. Learn more... Read more » Continue Reading
How Can We Address Mismatches in Conservation Research and Practice?
This blog, coauthored by Natalie Dubois and Rebecca Jarvis, originally appeared on... Read more » Continue Reading
Linking Knowledge Management to Environmental Solutions
When I talk about my passion for protecting the environment, I'm often... Read more » Continue Reading
Environmental Incentives Joins Banyan Global on USAID’s EVAL-ME II IDIQ
February 5, 2021
Photo by Tanya Martineau, Prospect Arts, Food for the Hungry, for USAID.... Read more » Continue Reading
Natural Capital and Stakeholder Engagement: The Unlikely Keys for Collective Management and Conservation in East Africa
Stakeholder Engagement—at a Distance Bringing together diverse stakeholders is never simple, and doing so during a global public health crisis... Read more » Continue Reading
New Paper Highlights Lessons Learned from Locally Managed Marine Area in Madagascar
November 2, 2020
Traditional fishermen on Madagascar's west coast near Andavadoaka. Photo by Shawn Peabody... Read more » Continue Reading
USAID Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean Environment Support Services Contract
September 30, 2020
EI, in partnership with ICF, is providing a suite of demand-driven technical and logistical services to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean Office of Regional Sustainable Development through the LAC Environment Support Services Contract (LAC-ESSC).
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USAID Economics of Natural Capital in East Africa
September 29, 2020
Through USAID’s Economics of Natural Capital in East Africa contract, EI and partners aim to strengthen the East African Community’s regional policy dialogue by improving the evidence base on transboundary natural resource management and biodiversity conservation.
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Economics of Natural Capital in East Africa Fact Sheet
The Economics of Natural Capital in East Africa Fact Sheet highlights the… Read more »
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Environmental Incentives Awarded USAID’s Program Cycle Mechanism
August 5, 2020
Photo: Morgana Wingard, USAID Environmental Incentives (EI) has been awarded the Program Cycle Mechanism (PCM) by the... Read more » Continue Reading
USAID Program Cycle Mechanism
August 4, 2020
PCM supports the efforts of USAID’s Bureau for Policy, Planning, and Learning (PPL) to cohesively implement the Program Cycle and encourage adaptive management across the Agency and its programs.
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Environmental Incentives Awarded USAID’s Economics of Natural Capital in East Africa Contract
April 13, 2020
Photo: Jason Houston for USAID Environmental Incentives (EI) has been awarded the... Read more » Continue Reading
Continuing Our Mission During COVID-19
March 30, 2020
Friends, First, on behalf of all of us at Environmental Incentives, we... Read more » Continue Reading
New Paper Looks at How Practitioners Can Strengthen Decision-Making in Conservation Practice
December 5, 2019
Environmental Incentives Senior Research Specialist Natalie Dubois co-authored a paper published today in the... Read more » Continue Reading
Environmental Incentives Awarded USAID’s Latin America and the Caribbean Environment Support Services Contract
November 5, 2019
Environmental Incentives (EI) has been awarded the USAID Bureau for Latin America... Read more » Continue Reading
5 Minutes with Kelsey Schueler
July 31, 2019
We sat down for five minutes with Kelsey Schueler, a Senior Associate... Read more » Continue Reading
How Can Managing a Website Improve the Environment?
I grew up in a small town in New Mexico—a mountain getaway... Read more » Continue Reading
New Paper Supports the Use of Evidence in Conservation
April 15, 2019
Environmental Incentives is pleased to announce a new paper, “Defining and using... Read more » Continue Reading
Las Islas Encantadas
March 20, 2019
For centuries, sailors and whalers called the Galápagos Islands "Las Islas Encantadas"... Read more » Continue Reading
USAID Recognized for Evidence Excellence
We are thrilled to learn that the United States Agency for International... Read more » Continue Reading
5 Minutes with Brittany Ajroud
January 17, 2019
We sat down for five minutes with Brittany Ajroud, who is a Senior... Read more » Continue Reading
USAID Measuring Impact II
November 13, 2018
Measuring Impact II (MI2) will support USAID thought leaders, mission staff, and Washington bureaus to apply evidence-based adaptive management across USAID’s $265 million annual biodiversity portfolio.
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Measuring Impact Final Report
November 8, 2018
The Measuring Impact (MI) Final Report highlights six years of designing and… Read more »
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Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Supporting & Improving Adaptive Management in Mozambique
What does it really mean to collaborate, learn, and adapt? How can... Read more » Continue Reading
Environmental Incentives Awarded USAID Measuring Impact II
September 13, 2018
Photo by Jason Houston for USAID Environmental Incentives has been awarded the... Read more » Continue Reading
Lessons from 6 Years of Learning & Adapting with USAID
Change management. Increased effectiveness. Continuous Learning. These are the themes that animate... Read more » Continue Reading
Environmental Incentives Awarded USAID Sharing Environment & Energy Knowledge Project (SEEK)
August 9, 2018
Photo by DIVatUSAID Environmental Incentives has been awarded the five-year Sharing Environment &... Read more » Continue Reading
The Nature of Conservation Enterprises: A 20-year Retrospective Evaluation
July 11, 2018
USAID’s “The Nature of Conservation Enterprises: A 20-year retrospective evaluation of the… Read more »
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Without Evidence, Conservation is a Guessing Game
We make decisions every day. We like to think that we use... Read more » Continue Reading
Evidence in Action, Unit 4: Building the Evidence Base
June 6, 2018
Evidence in Action, Unit 4: Building the Evidence Base highlights ways in… Read more »
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Evidence in Action, Unit 3: Generating Evidence
Evidence in Action Unit 3: Generating Evidence identifies Program Cycle processes that… Read more »
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Evidence in Action, Unit 2: Using Evidence
Evidence in Action, Unit 2:Using Evidence focuses on the critical review and… Read more »
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Evidence in Action, Unit 1: Understanding an Evidence-Based Approach
Evidence in Action-Unit 1: Using an Evidence-Based Approach provides an introduction to… Read more »
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International Conservation Practice Welcomes Kathleen Flower, Senior Associate
The International Conservation practice is thrilled to welcome Kathleen Flower, joining the… Read more »
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How Do You Know Adaptive Management When You See It?
Environmental policies and programs that lack the ability to demonstrate results are... Read more » Continue Reading
USAID Releases Biodiversity Cross-Mission Learning Program Video
December 14, 2016
We are proud to announce USAID’s new video called The Biodiversity Cross-Mission… Read more »
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Environmental Incentives wins USAID Video Contest
May 20, 2016
On October 1, 2015, the video storyboard entry by Environmental Incentives (EI)… Read more »
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Liz Lauck
July 25, 2016
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Maria Celes Abragan
May 30, 2019
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USAID Sharing Environment and Energy Knowledge
November 30, 2018
Sharing Environment and Energy Knowledge (SEEK) aims to strengthen USAID’s capacity for greater efficiency, learning, and adaptive management.
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Making Use of the Portfolio: Organizational Learning at USAID
August 25, 2016
This technical analysis explores previous and ongoing social learning efforts, best practices, challenges, and lessons in USAID as a foundation for improving the implementation and design of the Agency’s forestry and biodiversity programs. This analysis is particularly relevant as USAID begins to develop a Biodiversity Cross-Mission Learning Program under the Measuring Impact project. The findings reported in this document can help inform the overall design and structure of the Learning Program and provide insight into possible challenges and best practices.
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Dan Austell
February 14, 2022
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Rewards and Risks Associated With Community Engagement in Anti-Poaching and Anti-Trafficking
August 25, 2016
This Biodiversity Technical Brief summarizes research on the roles communities do and should play in countering wildlife crime, motivations, and benefits for individuals and communities to engage in anti-poaching and anti-trafficking efforts, and risks and mitigation of risks associated with involvement. Peer-reviewed and grey literature, structured interviews, and case studies informed the research, with highlights from six case studies in Peru, Madagascar, Namibia, Philippines, Kenya, and Indonesia.
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Jenny Baca, Ph.D.
April 30, 2020
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Stakeholder Engagement for Biodiversity Conservation Goals: Assessing the Status of the Evidence
August 25, 2016
Learning how to communicate and work with different groups builds constituencies to support conservation aims. This publication is an analysis of the evaluation of 148 references, selected through a rigorous systematic review process, to identify key lessons for stakeholder engagement. The report outlines key findings, including critical factors for both externally driven processes and self-organized stakeholder actions. This short brief and a longer research paper were deliverables of the Measuring Impact Project.
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Claudia Benavides
November 7, 2022
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Fishing for Food Security: Importance of Wild Fisheries for Food Security and Nutrition
August 25, 2016
USAID’s Fisheries Briefing Book explores the role of fisheries in global development, showcases case studies of USAID fisheries programs, and addresses the importance of fisheries in nine Feed the Future countries – Cambodia, Senegal, Malawi, Kenya, Ghana, Bangladesh, Tanzania, Mozambique, and Liberia. The Briefing Book is a key deliverable of USAID’s Food Security Integration Working Group. It was also a deliverable of the Measuring Impact project.
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Measuring Efforts to Combat Wildlife Crime: A Toolkit for Improving Action and Accountability
Developed for any organization concerned with poaching and illegal wildlife trade, USAID’s Combating Wildlife Crime toolkit recommends indicators for monitoring progress and effectiveness of 10 major strategic approaches for combating wildlife crime. A situation model and theory of change diagrams are included, both as tools used to identify where monitoring is needed most, and as useful resources for host government, implementing partners and donors engaged in program design and proposal review. This Toolkit is a deliverable of the Measuring Impact project.
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Jared Berenter
September 29, 2021
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USAID Measuring Impact
June 27, 2016
Measuring Impact (MI) aims to increase USAID’s capacity to design, monitor, evaluate, and improve the impact of biodiversity conservation and natural resource management programs around the world.
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Melissa Bevins
July 8, 2020
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Nav Bhattarai
September 29, 2021
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Gabrielle Boutemy
December 9, 2020
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Tyler Breen
April 18, 2022
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Akugizibwe Byenkya (Tina)
February 15, 2021
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Chetna Chandrasekaran
November 22, 2017
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Jenny Cochachin Ramirez
August 4, 2022
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Yair Cohenca
February 15, 2021
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Abby Cox
December 28, 2022
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Shaina Craige
November 7, 2022
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Maria DiFuccia
July 20, 2021
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