Projects in Africa

Assessing the benefits and trade-offs of integrated systems for livestock performance, wildlife health, tick-borne disease risk, and related impacts to livelihoods through livestock and tourism income.

Developing a business case and return-on-investment analysis for investing in watershed services, securing clean water and hydropower for the city of Nairobi while improving local farmers' livelihoods.

Identified reforestation areas based on ecosystem services and their benefits to people.

Developed a tool to prioritize investments in forest landscape restoration (ROOT).

Using ecosystem service maps as baseline data for Strategic Environmental Assessment for proposed oil exploration within the Virunga World Heritage Site.

Improving methods for targeting and optimizing water fund investments, while accounting for uncertainties and trade-offs.

We are working with the De Leo lab at Stanford University to develop an easy-to-use tool for quantifying and mapping schistosomiasis risk associated with dam construction and reservoir management.

Helped to create a spatial plan for the Primeras et Segundas marine reserve, as well as to integrate natural capital in its national planning system and national accounts.

Developing an approach for optimizing land use planning by accounting for trade-offs among food production and other ecosystem services