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Multi-scale Integrated Models of Ecosystem Services (MIMES)

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Roelof Boumans

Model for spatializing and valuing ecosystem services. A suite of models for assessing how distinct management scenarios might lead to different ecosystem service and human-wellbeing related outcome. MIMES is a multi-scale, integrated set of models that assess the value of ecosystem services. These sophisticated models allow government decision-mak ...

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2015.01.004

Last Update: 2011

Data analysis Ecosystem function Ecosystem services Plants

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Model for spatializing and valuing ecosystem services. A suite of models for assessing how distinct management scenarios might lead to different ecosystem service and human-wellbeing related outcome. MIMES is a multi-scale, integrated set of models that assess the value of ecosystem services. These sophisticated models allow government decision-makers, NGOs, and any other natural resource managers to quickly understand: Dynamics of ecosystem services; How ecosystem services are linked to human welfare?; How the value might change under various management scenarios?. MIMES provides economic arguments for land use managers to approach conservation of ecosystems as a form of economic development. The model facilitates quantitative measures of ecosystem service effects on human well-being. MODULES: Nutrient cycle, water reserve, carbon, energy from Earth, biodiversity, social capital, human capital, among others.

Contact person: Roelof Boumans
Contact e-mail: rboumans@afordablefutures.com
Contact Organization: Accounting FOR Desirable Futures LLC (AFORDable Futures)
URL(s): http://www.afordablefutures.com/home
http://www.afordablefutures.com/orientation-to-what-we-do/services/mimes

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