Tools for Ecosystem Services Evaluation

Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (BBCSD) is discussing/tests tools for Ecosystem Services through workshops prepared by Biodiversity Chamber (CtBIO)

Summary Aries (Artificial Intelligence for Ecosystem Services)
www.Ariesonline.org

Reference: TEEB (list of services available in their site)
Flow concepts can be adapted to a more complex reality or different realities
A valuation mode will still be developped
Projections in different times are only possible in separated evaluation
And off course:
Garbage in - garbage out: We need always a good databank (and this is an important part of the process)
Different layers should be evaluated at the same time - nowadays only exporting data
For sustainability process inside companies:
It´s important to clarify the difference between Valuation process x Evaluation

The maps - available at the end - are important to help the governance but each scenario need to be evalauated by those responsible to build the model.

If needed now, the valuation should be used by Invest (another tool evaluated by BBCSD). And a possibility would be mix all of the tools.

Great job BBCSD - CtBIO!!!