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Figure 1.
Maps of change in ecosystem service provision and biodiversity conservation from 1990 to 2050 for the three land use/land cover (LULC) change scenarios in the Willamette Basin, Oregon, USA, as determined with InVEST [59]
Comparing multiple outputs across different LULC scenarios demonstrates the extent of the synergies or trade-offs among services and biodiversity (here biodiversity is treated as a separate attribute that forms the basis for all services). In this application of InVEST, the authors found little evidence of trade-offs between ecosystem services and biodiversity conservation: scenarios that enhance biodiversity conservation also enhance the provision of ecosystem services. The next step in this analysis is to convert all biophysical supply on the service maps, apart from biodiversity, into maps of human use metrics and monetary values. InVEST, Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs. Image originally published in Nelson et al. [58], Front Ecol Environ 2009. |
