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InVEST
Nirmal BhagabatiEmily McKenzie
Outline• What is InVEST?
– History of development– Scope, objectives, users– Conceptual approach and applications
• How to use InVEST?– Getting started– Data requirements– Demo
The Natural Capital Project
1. Develop new ecosystem service science and tools
2. Apply new approaches in demonstration sites globally
3. Magnify our impact by engaging with leaders
What does NatCap do?
How would a new cattle management approach affect agricultural revenues?
How would a new cattle management approach affect agricultural revenuesdrinking water qualityerosion controlcarbon sequestrationand biodiversity?
InVEST: Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs
What tools has NatCap developed?
Objective: Enable users to quantify, map & value the ecosystem service impacts of alternative land use decisions
InVEST: Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs
What tools has NatCap developed?
Users: All those affecting or affected by decisions on land-use & management
• business sector• government• NGOs• multilateral development banks• academics
InVEST: Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs
• Biodiversity and multiple services• Biophysical or (first estimate) economic values• Spatially explicit (mapped)• Tiered design: simple or complex• Driven by user specified scenarios• Usable at a range of scales
Free and open source
http://invest.ecoinformatics.org
Tiered Approach
Tier 1 Tier 2
Simple Complex
Models
Data
Tier 3
InVEST
InVEST• Uses production functions
• ES modeled as function of land cover & other variables
• Usable with relatively limited data
• Ready to use out-of-the box, but customizable
Kareiva, Ricketts, Daily, Tallis, & Polasky, Eds. 2010. The Theory & Practice of Ecosystem Service Valuation in Conservation. OUP.
Standard & widely applicable models
Multi-service, multi-sector• Biodiversity
• Ecosystem services– Carbon sequestration– Avoided reservoir sedimentation– Hydropower production– Open-access harvest– Crop pollination – Commercial timber production– Flood control– Irrigation water (for ag)– Water purification: nutrient retention– Agricultural production– Recreation and tourism– Cultural and aesthetic values
What’s ready now?
• Biodiversity
• Ecosystem services– Carbon sequestration– Avoided reservoir sedimentation– Hydropower production– Open-access harvest– Crop pollination – Commercial timber production– Flood control– Irrigation water (for ag)– Water purification: nutrient retention– Agricultural production– Recreation and tourism– Cultural and aesthetic values
Wild fisheries & aquacultureCoastal Protection Recreation & tourismEnergy from waves
Marine InVEST is under development
Decision tools oriented around InVEST
• Putting InVEST in a decision context– What InVEST can and can’t do– When to use InVEST – Scenario development– Stakeholder engagement– Communicating results
China
Tanzania
InVEST used in real life examples
Hawai’i
• Test InVEST with field partners and experts• Ensure useful, relevant• Refine models
Colombia & Ecuador
California
A small selection from a growing number of sites
Mekong
AmazonAlbertine
Rift
Puget Sound
Mexico
Borneo &Sumatra
Vancouver Island
InVEST in the decision cycle
Stakeholders
Place-basedscenarios
Policy input
Mapping tool
Decision
Results
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Where are ecosystem services supplied on my company’s land?
What land-use pattern would optimise those ecosystem services that my company depends on?
Business Benefits 1: Strategic Land & Water Management
Ecosystem services integratedOriginal zoning plan
An example from China: Ecological Function Conservation Areas
Businesses involved: Hydropower, mining and tourism
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Business Benefits 2:
Environmental safeguards & license to operate
$17 million loss 12 species lost
$1 million loss $5 million gain
Business Benefits 2:
Environmental safeguards & license to operate
Carbon Storage
Water Quality
Water Yield IncomeBiofuels
Subdivision
Ag & Forestry
An example from Hawaii:Kamehameha Schools Land-use planning
Businesses involved:• Electricity producers• Agriculture• Biofuels• Real estate• Cattle ranchers
Business Benefits 3: Seizing emerging ES markets
Who pays whom in a PES?
How to scale up?
An example from Colombia & Ecuador: Water Funds
Businesses involved:• Hydropower• Sugar cane producers• Water utilities
Take Homes
Google’s Earth Engine
Data compilation and technical capacity?
InVEST is next