Highlights
from ARIES applications around the worldWhile work continues on ARIES’ web-based infrastructure that will enable more its independent use, ARIES is being used by researches and practitioners to quantify, map, and evaluate a broad spectrum of ecosystem services and beneficiaries in case studies across the globe. We have partnered with government agencies, universities, NGOs, and other stakeholders to develop data and models that are relevant to resource management, producing high-quality knowledge and understanding to support decision making. The case studies highlighted here were designed using local, high-resolution spatial datasets whenever available to populate models that account for a broad range of ecosystem services in a variety of ecological and socio-economic settings. The map below highlights some of the projects where ARIES has been used. Click a pin on the map to review the details for individual case studies.
Ridge to reef ecosystem services in Hawaii, USA
Project Collaborators: University of Hawai’i
Ecosystem Services: recreation, sediment regulation
Project Status: Ongoing
Contact: kjbagstad@usgs.gov, koleson@hawaii.edu
The social dynamics of water in Madagascar
Project Collaborators: Conservation International, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Ecosystem Services: coastal flood regulation, carbon sequestration and storage, sediment regulation, subsistence fisheries
Project Status: Completed
Contact: ferdinando.villa@bc3research.org
Mapping capacity and flows of ecosystem services in the Puget Sound, WA, USA
Project Collaborators: Earth Economics
Ecosystem Services: aesthetic viewsheds, carbon sequestration and storage, flood regulation, open space proximity, sediment regulation
Project Status: Completed
Contact: kjbagstad@usgs.gov
Fresh water access for pastoral livelihoods in the Ruaha River watershed, Tanzania
Project Collaborators: U.S. Agency for International Development, University of California-Davis
Ecosystem Services: surface water (households, farmers, power producers Project Details
Project Status: Ongoing
Contact: bvoigt@uvm.edu
Comparing ecosystem services modeling approaches for the San Pedro River Watershed, AZ, USA
Project Collaborators: U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Ecosystem Services: aesthetic viewsheds, carbon sequestration and storage, open space proximity, recreation, water supply
Project Status: Completed
Contact: kjbagstad@usgs.gov
Forest ecosystem services in Satoyama, Japan
Project Collaborators: Ritsumeikan University, University of Nagasaki
Ecosystem Services: flood regulation, water supply
Project Status: Ongoing Contact: kjbagstad@usgs.gov
Food security and rural livelihood strategies in the Zomba region
Project Lead: Stefano Balbi
Project Collaborators: University of Southampton, CI
Ecosystem Services: Food security
Project Details: part of the ASSETS project
Project Status: Ongoing
Contact: stefano.balbi@bc3research.org
Mapping biophysical and cultural ecosystem services in the Rocky Mountains, USA
Project Collaborators: U.S. Geological Survey
Ecosystem Services: cultural ecosystem services, aesthetics, carbon sequestration and storage, sediment regulation, water supply
Project Status: Completed
Contact: kjbagstad@usgs.gov
Trade-offs from agricultural production in Alava, Basque Country, Spain
Project Collaborators: Basque Centre for Climate Change
Ecosystem Services: air quality, crop yield, carbon sequestration and storage, water quality
Project Status: Completed
Contact: stefano.balbi@bc3research.org
Flood risk analysis in the Zurich metro area
Project Lead: Stefano Balbi
Project Collaborators:
Ecosystem Services: Flood regulation
Project Details: see the discussion paper
Project Status: Completed
Contact: stefano.balbi@bc3research.org
An assessment of cultural ecosystem services in the Kailash Region
Project Lead: Ferdinando Villa
Project Collaborators: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
Ecosystem Services: Cultural services, including sacred landscapes
Project Details: exploratory assessment of the Kailash region sacred sites
Project Status: Ongoing
Contact: ferdinando.villa@bc3research.org
Ecosystem Services from pastureland in Trentino
Project Lead: Alessandra La Notte
Project Collaborators: Provincia Autonoma di Trento
Ecosystem Services: Sustainable fodder production
Project Details: see the published paper
Project Status: Completed
Contact: alelanotte@gmail.com
Training - Metro Vancouver
Project Lead: Brian Voigt
Project Collaborators: Metro Vancouver
Ecosystem Services: Multiple
Project Status: Completed
Contact: bvoigt@uvm.edu
Analysis of transboundary water ecosystems and green/blue infrastructures in the Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve of the Mediterranean Andalusia (Spain) – Morocco (IBRM)
Project Lead: Javier Martínez-López (BC3)
Project Collaborators: UNESCO-IOC, UAVR, Ecologic, IGB, IMDEA
Ecosystem Services: Green and Blue Infrastructures
Project Status: Ongoing
Contact: javier.martinez@bc3research.org
Visual resource management and minerals development under the Moab Master Leasing Plan, Moab, UT, USA
Project Collaborators: U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Ecosystem Services: recreation (hiking, mountain biking, auto and OHV touring, horseback riding
Project Status: Ongoing
Contact: bvoigt@uvm.edu
Improving integrated management of Natura 2000 sites in the Vouga River
Project Lead: Javier Martínez-López (BC3)
Project Collaborators: UAVR, UNESCO-IOC, IMARES, IMDEA, BOKU, EAWAG
Ecosystem Services: Protected Areas
Project Status: Ongoing
Contact: javier.martinez@bc3research.org
Trade-offs in ecosystem-based fisheries management in the North Sea aimed at achieving Biodiversity Strategy targets
Project Lead: Javier Martínez-López (BC3)
Project Collaborators: Ecologic, IGB, IMARES, ULIV, RBINS
Ecosystem Services: Fisheries
Project Status: Ongoing
Contact: javier.martinez@bc3research.org
Modelling dependency on ES from the beneficiaries' perspective
https://aries.integratedmodelling.org/?p=1374







