The True Cost of Wildfire
SIG’s scientists conducted an extensive literature review and collaborated with a large working group of wildfire professionals to highlight and document major categories of costs associated with wildfires
Ecosystem Services Valuation for Hawaii’s Largest Private Landowner
SIG collaborated with Hawaii’s largest private landowner to integrate an ecosystem services framework into land management planning. We developed a custom ecosystem service typology, conducted extensive literature reviews, held stakeholder workshops, mapped key landscapes, modeled connections between landscapes and beneficiaries, reviewed strategies for ecosystem markets, identified high-priority management strategies, and created indicators for landscape health and interventions.
Identifying Key Watershed Stewards in the American West
The American Forest Foundation (AFF) approached SIG to support their work on ensuring forests on private lands in the American West continue to provide clean water, even in the face of increasing wildfire activity. In particular, they wanted to find out the role played by family forest owners in ensuring watershed health.
Mapping the Off-Site Benefits from Protected Areas Ecosystem Services
Ecosystem services include natural resources like fresh water and intangible benefits like scenic views and cultural significance. In analyzing Ontario’s provincial parks system, SIG examined two methodologies for quantifying and assessing these services to develop a better framework for evaluation
