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The Natural Capital Project
Help people understand what we get from natureUse that understanding to inform decisions
Filling the Gap
Filling the Gap
Most Policy WindowsMedium spatial scale
Short timelineStandard approach
With sea level rise?
With expanded aquaculture?
With nearshore habitat restoration?
How might a range of benefits people get from nature change:
InVEST evaluates alternative futures
How might shoreline armoring affectErosion/flooding from storm events?
How might shoreline armoring affect Erosion/flooding from storm events?
Coastal and marine recreation?Nursery habitat for key species?
Fisheries?
InVEST
Applicable anywhereFlexible data requirementsFlexible scale of inquiryScenario-basedRelevant to many kinds of decisionsBiophysical and socio-economic outputsBiodiversity and multiple ecosystem services
ChoicesChange in Management, Climate
Stakeholder Engagement
InVEST in practice
InVEST
Maps
Tradeoffs
Balance sheets
A Tiered Approach
Low Model Complexity
Data Availability Local, fine
Global, coarse
High
0 1 2
China
Tanzania
California
Hawai’i
Amazon Basin
ColombiaEcuador
Applying InVEST (on land)
New tool: Marine InVEST
www.naturalcapitalproject.org
Aligning economic forces with
conservation
Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs
Renewable energy: waves (Tier 1)Coastal Vulnerability (Tier 0)Aquaculture: finfish (Tier 1)Aesthetic quality (Tier 1)Fisheries (Tier 0)Recreation (Tier 0)Biodiversity/habitat quality (Tier 1)Coastal protection (Tier 1)Water quality (Tier 1)Carbon storage and sequestration (Tier 1)Fisheries (Tier 1)Aquaculture: shellfish (Tier 1)Nursery habitat (component of fisheries model)Renewable energy: offshore wind (Tier 1)Fisheries: connect to existing models (Tier 3)
Marine InVEST
13
West Coast Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Multiple services.Not sector by sector.
Recreation Ranking based on simple (0, 1) classification and distance decay
Combined index of vulnerability:Where are the people + where are the biophysical hazards?
Run Wave ModelO
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Erosion Difference: 1.5m
15 hrs Storm
Hmax=1.5m
T=4s
0 - 1.5
1.5 - 3.0
3.0 - 4.5
4.5 - 6.0
6.0 - 7.5
NPV ($ mil)
COM_SAL_TRCommercial Fishery: Salmon trawl: Salmon net: Crab and Shrimp
REC_FISHRecreational Fishery: Salmon : Ground fish
: Power Grid Connection Point
: Cable Landing Point
SummaryScenario Aquacultur
e yieldEnergy from waves
Recreation Aesthetic views
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Add netpens, lodges & wave energy facilities
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•Simplest InVEST models are helping to: • frame the discussion• explore suitable, vulnerable, & important areas
•More complex InVEST models can explore trade-offs and compare alternative scenarios•A work in progress…
Applying Marine InVEST
Vancouver Island
Belize
Chesapeake BayPuget Sound
Galveston Bay
Monterey Bay
When do land-based activities affect success of marine resource management?
•Oyster restoration•Fisheries•Coastal protection
•Nutrient runoff•Coastal hardening•Water withdrawals
Testing many kinds of decision contexts
Decision Context Geography
Spatial Planning Tanzania, Indonesia, British Columbia, Hawai’i, China, Belize
Ecosystem-based management (terrestrial-marine links)
Puget Sound, Galveston Bay, Chesapeake Bay
Climate adaptation (ecosystem-based adaptation)
Galveston Bay, Monterey Bay
Return on restoration investments Colombia water funds, Gulf of Mexico, Indonesia
Impact assessment, permitting, licensing
Colombia mining concessions, agricultural practices in US
InVEST
• Simple (or complex)• Readily available• Easy to use• Created within decision-making processes• Designed to stay there
www.naturalcapitalproject.org
Aligning economic forces with
conservation
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