i-Tree
The i-Tree portal allows environmental managers to quantify benefits of urban and rural forestry. The website provides tools from the …
Carbon sequestration
Identifying linkages between urban green infrastructure and ecosystem services using an expert opinion methodology
Identifying linkages between urban green infrastructure and ecosystem services using an expert opinion methodology compares benefits in urban distributed stormwater …
Nature-Based Solutions Evidence Tool
The Nature-Based Solutions Evidence Tool is primarily an online catalog of peer-reviewed research that provides evidence of the impacts of …
NRCS Practice Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction and Carbon Sequestration
The NRCS Practice Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction and Carbon Sequestration ranks effectiveness of greenhouse gas reduction techniques for …
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Green Infrastructure Co-Benefits Valuation Tool
The Green Infrastructure Co-benefits Valuation Tool is intended to provide a framework, methods, and values to support rapid screening-level analysis …
Water LA
The 2018 Water LA report by the River Project explores the opportunities for and challenges of building a resilient region …
Methods to Assess Co-Benefits of California Climate Investments: Water Supply and Availability
Methods to Assess Co-benefits of California Climate Investments: Water Supply and Availability is a literature review of the different methodologies …
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Healthy Lands and Healthy Economies: The multiple benefits of Sonoma County working and natural lands
Sonoma County Ag + Open Space presents the results of a thorough economic assessment of the county’s agricultural and natural …
Top 22 Benefits of Trees
This website, Top 22 Benefits of Trees, provides an overview of the top benefits provided by trees, which include, but …
Green Infrastructure Opportunities and Barriers in the Greater Los Angeles Region
Green Infrastructure Opportunities and Barriers in the Greater Los Angeles Region analyzes the regulatory barriers to installing green infrastructure in …
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Evaluating Ecological Restoration Success: A Review of the Literature
Evaluating Ecological Restoration Success: A Review of the Literature synthesizes past trends in restoration project evaluations and identified major knowledge …
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Dams and Development A New Framework for Decision-Making
Dams and Development A New Framework for Decision-Making provides a comprehensive, global evaluation of the impacts of dams on people, …
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Developing Scenarios to Assess Ecosystem Service Tradeoffs: Guidance and Case Studies for InVEST Users
Developing Scenarios to Assess Ecosystem Service Tradeoffs: Guidance and Case Studies for InVEST Users provides an evaluation of six case …
The Economic Benefits of Green Infrastructure A Case Study of Lancaster, PA
The Economic Benefits of Green Infrastructure: A Case Study of Lancaster, PA provides an economic valuation of green infrastructure in …
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Rainwater as a Resource: A Report on Three Sites Demonstrating Sustainable Stormwater Management
Rainwater as a Resource: A Report on Three Sites Demonstrating Sustainable Stormwater Management (2007) presents three case studies for stormwater …
Green Infrastructure Guide for Water Management
Green Infrastructure: Guide for Water Management examines case studies of green infrastructure projects throughout the United States. The report argues …
Green Infrastructure in Parks: A Guide to Collaboration, Funding, and Community Engagement
Green Infrastructure in Parks: A Guide to Collaboration, Funding, and Community Engagement analyzes green infrastructure projects in parks and the …
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Envision V3 User Manual
The Envision V3 (Draft Credits for Public Review and Comment) user manual outlines additions to the Envision framework, a sustainability …
Stormwater Capture Master Plan
Los Angeles’ Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Stormwater Capture Master Plan develops a strategy for long-term stormwater capture potential, …
Envision Framework
Envision is a framework that provides the guidance needed to initiate this systemic change in the planning, design and delivery …
The Hidden Value of Landscapes: Implications for Drought Planning
The Hidden Value of Landscapes: Implications for Drought Planning analyzes the impacts of landscaping on quality of life, environment, and …
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Carbon Sequestration Potential of Extensive Green Roofs
Carbon Sequestration Potential of Extensive Green Roofs provides data from two studies on vegetated roofs in Maryland and Michigan. The …
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Environmental Farming Act Science Advisory Panel Bi-Annual Report (2011-2013)
Environmental Farming Act Science Advisory Panel – Bi-Annual Report (2011-2013) is a resource developed by the Environmental Farming Act Science …
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Systemic solutions for multi-benefit water and environmental management
Systemic solutions for multi-benefit water and environmental management provides an academic, theoretical critique on the evaluation of multi-benefit systems. The …
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The Value of Green Infrastructure: A Guide to Recognizing Its Economic, Environmental and Social Benefits
The Value of Green Infrastructure: A Guide to Recognizing Its Economic, Environmental and Social Benefits is an in-depth framework for …
Quantifying Watershed Restoration Benefits in Community Water Partnership Projects
Quantifying Watershed Restoration Benefits in Community Water Partnership Projects is a report that aims to quantify water-related benefits of Coca-Cola …
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Barriers and Gateways to Green Infrastructure
Barriers and Gateways to Green Infrastructure identifies and explores the major barriers to implementation of green infrastructure for stormwater management. …
Green Stormwater Infrastructure Economics in the Boise Urban Area
Green Stormwater Infrastructure Economics in the Boise Urban Area (2015) examines the economics of green versus grey infrastructure in Boise, …
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Beyond the Source: The environmental, economic and community benefits of source water protection
Beyond the Source is an in-depth, global study conducted by the Nature Conservancy on source water protection projects. In the …
Proposition 1 Stormwater Grant Program Guidelines
Proposition 1 Stormwater Grant Program Guidelines, related to the Stormwater Grant Program (SWGP), establishes the process and criteria by which …
Central Valley Flood Protection Plan 2017 Update
The Central Valley Flood Protection Plan asserts that institutional frameworks hinder implementation of multi-benefit actions and outlines a framework to …
Living Streets Economic Feasibility Project: Final Report
Living Streets Economic Feasibility Report presents an alternate, new paradigm to guide the future of street and sidewalk infrastructure design …
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