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2012 Spring | Agriculture and Food Systems, Business & Sustainability, Sustainability

Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services: How Sustainability Can Be Achieved through Economic Means

Student(s):

Haoyang Sun

Program or Department(s):

  • Program on the Environment
  • University of Washington

Site supervisor(s):

Jodie Toft

Partner(s):

  • The Natural Capital Project

Faculty advisor(s):

Joshua Lawler, Forest Resources, University of Washington

During the course of my internship, I conducted research regarding the economic value of bivalve shellfish and associated ecosystem services. The research was compiled to supplement the Natural Capital Project’s existing InVEST tools. The research experiences from the internship are then used to reinforce my own conclusions of how economic valuation of ecosystem services can improve sustainability and how the accessibility of economic valuation data can be improved.