Any suggestion, which application is more accurate to map Ecosystem Services of a given area?
Dear Sintayehu, you can try using InVEST together with ArcGIS/IDRISI/Erdas?ENVI/QGIS or any GIS software, you can generate an ES map of the area of your interest. For instance, the InVEST manual can show you the list of ES available to be run in the model.
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Of course you can utilise suggested software and models but all is depending from the data you have (its type, character, units in which are expressed, etc). You should analyze your data from this angle and choose the optimal tools, the application of which will be the most effective, in terms of the work you will have to spend on reformatting and adapting the data. The results provided by specific models are a separate issue; they can be based on other assumptions and algorithms.
SEEA_EA (just adopted as a UN statistical standard) might give you the requested orientation https://seea.un.org/ecosystem-accounting
I also suggest InVEST model with GIS. Because, InVEST is good enough for the area where data is scarce
Dear Dejene,
Generally, we are using some indicators to map ecosystem services. These indicators may be changed according to the ES type. For example, an oxygen production ability of a forest can be estimated using some vegetation indices or NPP as indicator. So, you can map ES values alone using combination of interested models like ICONA or RUSLE for erosion control value, NDVI or CVI for air circulation value, SWAT or mapflow for water providing value etc... However, if you want to do it using only one user friendly software, I recommend to you Terraset because of modular structure.
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