Held in Tagaytay City, Philippines on January 8-11, 2003, in Baton Rouge, La. on March 2-4, 2001, and in Santa Fe, N.M. on January 21-23, 2000, these conferences were organized as part of the Natural Assets Project and brought together researchers and community-based organizations to discuss the potential for utilizing natural-asset-building strategies to advance the goals of poverty reduction, environmental protection, and environmental justice.