Ecosystem Services

Mehdi Heris is an urban planner with extensive experience in urban geospatial data analytics. His broad research is focused on bridging the science of urban ecosystems with planning policies and [...]

“Lake Tahoe Greenhouse Gas Inventory Update” is released Spatial Informatics Group played a key role in producing the recently released “Lake Tahoe Greenhouse Gas Inventory Update,” which [...]

Recent international scientific developments in remote sensing are rapid and significant, leading to the distribution of spatial, quantitative data on relevant eco-hydrological parameters for the [...]

Large, high severity wildfires are of great concern in California. These fires create considerable air pollutant emissions and can compromise ecosystem services such as provision of clean water [...]

The goal of this study was to assess baseline ecosystem services in the Than Hoa and Nghe An provinces of Vietnam. The general methodological approach utilized a first‐pass, rapid assessment [...]

Dr. Saah has been broadly trained as an environmental scientist with expertise in a number of areas including: landscape ecology, ecosystem ecology, hydrology, geomorphology, ecosystem modeling, [...]

SIG is currently working with Hawaii’s largest private landowner to help them integrate an ecosystem services framework into their land management planning. SIG’s work includes developing a [...]

SIG developed an urban forest analysis approach that can be used to track avoided pollutant emissions, carbon sequestration and other benefits at the tree or property scales as part of an [...]

The ecosystem service assessment portion of this team study estimated and mapped the value of ecosystem services for three California counties: Humboldt, Napa and San Bernardino. In addition to [...]

SIG developed a method for measuring greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions resulting from implementing California Forest Practice Laws and Regulations. This project, completed to support [...]