Projects in North America

We partnered with the World Bank to write a policy brief for leaders interested in combining goals for biodiversity conservation and urban development to create more sustainable, livable cities.

Using evidence linking nature with mental health and wellbeing to inform urban planning, urban design and public health.

Incorporating benefits provided by nature into a set of province-wide plans for the marine environment.

Applying social media data to better measure visitation in city parks and green space.

We explored how siting the first-in-the-nation offshore wind energy farm might impact views from along the coastline.

Informing how changing agricultural land use driven by adaptation to water scarcity can also be an opportunity to improve habitat and environmental outcomes, while mitigating the impact to the agricultural economy.

Co-developing guidelines and implementing monitoring programs to understand how investments in watershed conservation and restoration are improving ecosystem services and livelihoods.

Co-developing guidelines and implementing monitoring programs to understand how investments in watershed conservation and restoration are improving ecosystem services and livelihoods.

Developed watershed management plans to conserve the ecosystems of coastal watersheds in the southern Gulf of California and the Gulf of Mexico in the face of climate change.

Conducting stakeholder engagement and modeling of land use decisions on surface and marine water quality.

Modeled coastal protection, recreation, and fisheries benefits provided by coastal habitats to inform decisions about grey and green infrastructure in Dow Chemical's facility.

Integrating ecosystem services in a stakeholder-driven process to improve water quantity and quality in the Truckee River Watershed using RIOS.

Supporting the SC3 tri-county partnership with integrating ecosystem services into the Santa Clara Valley Water District's Master Plan for the Coyote Watershed.

Developed tools and approaches to map and value ecosystem services in diverse ecosystems and military contexts of DoD installations.

Developing a return on investment analysis of multiple ecosystem services and public goods provided by best management practices of Conservation Reserve Program lands.

Developed Mapping Ecosystem Services to Human well-being (MESH), a tool for calculating and mapping ecosystem services under different landscape management scenarios.

Evaluated InVEST's pollinator model in an urban area and used it to assess pollinator habitat under scenarios of change in turf grass management.

Developed tools and approaches to map and value ecosystem services in diverse ecosystems and military contexts of DoD installations.

Developed tools and approaches to map and value ecosystem services in diverse ecosystems and military contexts of DoD installations.

NatCap used information about variation in ecosystem services and their diverse values to develop land management plans that best meet the diverse objectives of Kamehameha Schools, the largest private land-owner in Hawai'i.

Developed all of the original Marine InVEST tools to use nature's benefits to inform coastal plans for Barkley and Clayoquot Sounds.

Developing and testing an approach for using social media data to measure visitation to Twin Cities parks and green space, to inform local and regional park planning processes.

Working to identify and test new data technologies for scaling the use of information on climate change, coastal processes, and ecosystem services into Integrated Coastal Zone Management.

Assessed risk from coastal hazards and the role that ecosystems play in reducing risk for vulnerable communities along the entire coast of the US.