Angela Fletcher and Glen Delaney will be giving an online presentation to Open Communications for the Ocean (OCTO). Valuing Marine Ecosystem Services for Better Decisions will introduce the fundamentals of ecosystem service valuation and demonstrate how we have applied these methods in marine and coastal contexts.

Beginning with a brief overview of ecosystem services and valuation basics, they will walk through three case studies illustrating how valuation informs conservation, restoration, and policy decisions: a valuation study of kelp forests along the California coast; the use of valuation to inform a National Marine Sanctuary application for the St. George Unangan Heritage site; and how valuation can support funding for salmon habitat restoration in the Duckabush Estuary in Washington State.

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