Experts highlight benefits of mainstreaming nature in U.S. policymaking

Nature and natural resources play a critical role in our health, national security, economy, infrastructure design, and more. Yet, in policymaking, nature is often left out of the equation entirely or siloed into environment-specific or land management agencies. The process of overcoming these barriers is known as "mainstreaming nature," and in an article recently published in Science, Eli Fenichel, Knobloch Family Professor of Natural Resource Economics, and a group of leading environmental and economic policy experts explain its benefits and the process the Biden-Harris Administration has used to begin mainstreaming nature into U.S. policymaking.