May NESP Webinar: Different methods, different values: How the choice of ecosystem service valuation methods can affect cost-benefit analysis and prioritization decisions. Watch the recording here.
Hear from Bonnie Keeler (University of Minnesota) about results of over a decade of ecosystem services valuation work in the U.S. state of Minnesota. She compares and contrasts results from "traditional" non-market approaches (stated preference surveys, hedonic analyses, avoided cost approaches, and travel cost models) with “alternative” valuation methods based on ecosystem service metrics, surveys, semi-structured interviews, and Q sort assessments.
June NESP Webinar: Payments for forest-based ecosystem services from private lands in the United States. Watch the recording here.
Hear from Gregory Frey at the U.S. Forest Service about an effort to account, estimate, and document the full extent of direct payments for ecosystem services to private forest landowners in the United States.
NESP Project: Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Service Logic Models and Socioeconomic Indicators (GEMS) Project Complete!
