InVEST
Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs
This tool models and maps the delivery, distribution, and economic value of the benefits that nature provides to people and communities today and well into the future. InVEST helps users visualize the impacts of potential decisions, identifying tradeoffs and compatibilities between environmental, economic, and social benefits and systematically demonstrates the tradeoffs in decisions in future costs and benefits for people and the environment.
InVest is developed by the Natural Capital Project.
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Description of Benefits Provided by Nature (Ecosystem Services)
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An Economist for Nature Calculates the Need for More Protection
The New York Times, By JOHN MOIR Published: August 8, 2011
