Ecosystem Service Mapping

Ecosystem service mapping is a way to identify and visualize how natural environments, like forests, rivers, and wetlands, provide benefits to people. These benefits include clean air and water, food, climate regulation, and recreational opportunities. By creating maps, researchers and planners can see where these services are most available or threatened, helping to make better decisions for conservation and sustainable use. Essentially, it's a tool that shows the value of nature’s contributions to human well-being in a spatial context.