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InVEST
Nirmal Bhagabati
Emily 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
What does NatCap do?
1. Develop new ecosystem service
science and tools
2. Apply new approaches in
demonstration sites globally
3. Magnify our impact by engaging
with leaders
How would a new cattle management approach affect
agricultural revenues?
How would a new cattle management approach affect
agricultural revenues
drinking water quality
erosion control
carbon sequestration
and biodiversity?
What tools has NatCap developed?
InVEST: Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem
Services and Tradeoffs
Objective:
Enable users to quantify, map & value
the ecosystem service impacts of
alternative land use decisions
What tools has NatCap developed?
InVEST: Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem
Services and Tradeoffs
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
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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
Tier 3
Models
Simple
Complex
Data
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
Standard & widely applicable models
Kareiva, Ricketts, Daily, Tallis, & Polasky, Eds. 2010. The Theory &
Practice of Ecosystem Service Valuation in Conservation. OUP.
Multi-service, multi-sector
• Biodiversity
• Ecosystem services
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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
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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
Marine InVEST is under development
Wild fisheries & aquaculture
Coastal Protection
Recreation & tourism
Energy from waves
Decision tools oriented around InVEST
• Putting InVEST in a decision context
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What InVEST can and can’t do
When to use InVEST
Scenario development
Stakeholder engagement
Communicating results
InVEST used in real life examples
California
Hawai’i
China
Colombia &
Ecuador
Tanzania
• Test InVEST with field partners and experts
• Ensure useful, relevant
• Refine models
A small selection from a growing number of sites
Puget Sound
Mexico
Vancouver
Island
Mekong
Amazon
Albertine
Rift
Borneo &
Sumatra
InVEST in the decision cycle
Policy input
Mapping tool
Stakeholders
Decision
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Place-based
scenarios
Results
Business Benefits 1:
Strategic Land & Water Management
Where are ecosystem services supplied on my
company’s land?
What land-use pattern would optimise those ecosystem
services that my company depends on?
An example from China:
Ecological Function Conservation Areas
Businesses involved: Hydropower, mining and tourism
Original zoning plan
Ecosystem services integrated
Business Benefits 2:
Environmental safeguards & license to operate
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Business Benefits 2:
Environmental safeguards & license to operate
12 species lost
$17 million loss
$1 million loss
$5 million gain
An example from Hawaii:
Kamehameha Schools Land-use planning
Biofuels
Businesses
involved:
• Electricity
producers
• Agriculture
• Biofuels
• Real estate
• Cattle ranchers
Subdivision
Ag & Forestry
Carbon
Storage
Water
Quality
Water
Yield
Income
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