Ecosystem Services/Nature-Based Solutions
We are well-versed in assessing the benefits of pollution-reducing policies on ecosystem services (i.e., contributions of ecosystems to human well-being). Some examples of our experience developing tools, models, and frameworks to support such assessments are described below.
Evaluating environmental policies typically involves identifying, quantifying, and valuing changes in ecosystems and their contributions to human welfare (as feasible). We have developed/applied classification frameworks to help identify and classify pathways through which ecological systems contribute to human welfare. Such systems can also be used for environmental accounting or green Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Classification Systems
Policy Analysis
Assessing the benefits of pollution-reducing policies entails quantifying and valuing changes in ecosystem services. Our methods link ecological models with market and nonmarket economic valuation methods. Examples projects include regulatory impact analysis (RIA) for evaluating secondary ambient standards for nitrogen and sulfur oxides in the United States.
Indicators
Industrial sites located close to the lands of indigenous populations may disrupt their way of life in numerous ways. For example, flooding may release contaminants from such sites and impair drinking water and food. Environmental and human health indicators can be applied to assess the potential impacts of such sites on ecosystem services critical to indigenous populations.
We are well-versed in assessing the benefits of pollution-reducing policies on ecosystem services (i.e., contributions of ecosystems to human well-being). Some examples of our experience developing tools, models, and frameworks to support such assessments are described below.
Ecosystem Services/Nature-Based Solutions
Assessing the benefits of pollution-reducing policies entails quantifying and valuing changes in ecosystem services. Our methods link ecological models with market and nonmarket economic valuation methods. Example projects include regulatory impact analysis (RIA) for evaluating secondary ambient standards for nitrogen and sulfur oxides in the United States.
Policy Analysis
Indicators
Industrial sites located close to the lands of indigenous populations may disrupt their way of life in numerous ways. For example, flooding may release contaminants from such sites and impair drinking water and food. Environmental and human health indicators can be applied to assess the potential impacts of such sites on ecosystem services critical to indigenous populations.
Classification Systems
Evaluating environmental policies typically involves identifying, quantifying, and valuing changes in ecosystems and their contributions to human welfare (as feasible). We have developed/applied classification frameworks to help iidentify and classify pathways through which ecological systems contribute to human welfare. Such systems can also be used for environmental accounting or green Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
