EVToolkit
Ecosystem Valuation Tools to Advance Nature-Based Solutions
Designed to Quantify and Value Nature’s Benefits
Earth Economics’ Ecosystem Valuation Toolkit (EVToolkit) provides a foundation for our efforts to quantify and value the benefits nature provides.
What is EVToolkit? EVToolkit is an evolving suite of online, scientifically grounded analytical tools that provide rigorous analytical support for decision making that takes nature into account. These tools are informed by Earth Economics’ more than 20 years of experience in natural capital valuation. What began as a spreadsheet in 1998 has evolved into a growing suite of tools for estimating the non-market value of ecosystem services, green infrastructure, and more.
How does it work? The EVToolkit focuses on efficiency and repeatability: Our team of researchers and economists use these tools to complete valuations of natural assets with unrivaled speed and rigor, across a range of geographies and ecosystem services. This allows us to produce efficient, pragmatic, and effective analyses to inform policy and business decision-making. Some EVToolkit components are available to the public, while others are used internally by the Earth Economics team. Contact us today to learn how the EVToolkit can help with your project needs.
Our Tools
The EVToolkit currently contains the following tools:
| Tool Name | Coverage | Use/Purpose/Value |
|---|---|---|
| SERVES | Worldwide | A proprietary database of ecosystem service values to support Benefit Transfer calculations at all spatial resolutions, with global coverage but an emphasis on North America. |
| Seattle Water Reuse Calculator | Local | Facilitates benefit-cost analysis of rainwater harvesting and reuse by providing initial analyses to kickstart project feasibility studies. |
| Water Infrastructure Jobs Calculator | United States | Estimates the jobs created per every $1M invested in sustainable, local water infrastructure solutions. |
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“The EVToolkit paves the way for improving public and private investment, realigning economic incentives towards ecological and financial sustainability, and shifting or creating markets to solve some of humanity’s most pressing problems.”