InVEST output map of the Amazon basin

"Natural Capital" = The goods and services from nature which are essential for human life.

Natural Capital is scarcely monitored and undergoing rapid degradation.

InVEST is the leading tool for incorporating natural capital into decisions.

© Oxford University Press: Natural Capital: Theory and Practice of Mapping Ecosystem Services Permalink: http://amzn.com/0199589003

© Oxford University Press: Natural Capital: Theory and Practice of Mapping Ecosystem Services Permalink: http://amzn.com/0199589003

Woods Institute for the Environment Stanford University, The Nature Conservancy, World Wildlife Fund, and Institute on the Environment at University of Minnesota