Gretchen C. Daily
Tyler Prize Laureate 2020
Gretchen C. Daily is an American environmental scientist and tropical ecologist. She has worked to advance our understanding of humanity's dependence and impacts on nature, and to developing a systematic approach for valuing nature in policy, finance, management, and practice around the world.
Daily is co-founder and faculty director of the Natural Capital Project, a global partnership that aims to mainstream the values of nature into decision-making of people, governments, investors, corporations, NGOs, and other institutions. Together with more than 300 partners worldwide, the Project is pioneering science, technology, and scalable demonstrations of inclusive, sustainable development.She co-develops pragmatic approaches, engaging with governments, multilateral development banks, investors, businesses, farmers and ranchers, communities, and NGOs. Named as one of the ’50 Most Important Women in Science’, Dr. Gretchen C. Daily has changed the landscape of conservation biology.