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A Handbook for Understanding Natural Capital - Earth Economics

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Resource Primary Developer Description Link<br />

Ecosystem Based<br />

Management Tools<br />

Network<br />

NatureServe<br />

The mission of the Network is to<br />

promote healthy coastal and marine<br />

ecosystems and communities through<br />

the use of tools that help incorporate<br />

ecosystem considerations into<br />

management.<br />

http://www.ebmtools.org/<br />

Ecosystem Commons<br />

Ecosystem Services<br />

Partnership<br />

Ecosystem Valuation<br />

Toolkit (EVT)<br />

EnviroAtlas<br />

Integrated Valuation of<br />

Environmental Services<br />

and Tradeoffs (InVEST)<br />

The Institute <strong>for</strong> <strong>Natural</strong><br />

Resources, A Community<br />

on Ecosystem Services<br />

(ACES), the National<br />

Ecosystem Services<br />

Partnership (NESP), and<br />

many others<br />

Ecosystem Services<br />

Partnership<br />

<strong>Earth</strong> <strong>Economics</strong><br />

Environmental Protection<br />

Agency (EPA)<br />

The <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Capital</strong> Project<br />

The Ecosystem Commons is a portal to<br />

the ecosystem services world, hosting<br />

discussions, showcasing projects, and<br />

tracking trends.<br />

The ES-Partnership aims to enhance<br />

communication, coordination<br />

and cooperation, and to build a<br />

strong network of individuals and<br />

organizations.<br />

<strong>Earth</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> provides robust,<br />

science-based, and ecologically<br />

sound economic analysis, policy<br />

recommendations, and tools to<br />

positively trans<strong>for</strong>m regional, national,<br />

and international economics, and asset<br />

accounting systems.<br />

Currently available as a password<br />

protection beta-version, EnviroAtlas<br />

is a collection of tools and resources<br />

that provides geospatial data,<br />

maps, research, and analysis on the<br />

relationships between nature, people,<br />

health, and the economy.<br />

InVEST is a suite of software models<br />

used to map and value the goods and<br />

services from nature that sustain and<br />

fulfill human life.<br />

http://ecosystemcommons.<br />

org/<br />

http://www.es-partnership.<br />

org/esp<br />

http://esvaluation.org<br />

http://www.epa.gov/research/<br />

enviroatlas/<br />

http://www.<br />

naturalcapitalproject.org/<br />

InVEST.html<br />

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