Several researchers at Lincoln University, New Zealand are measuring, quantifying, valuing and enhancing Ecosystem Services (ES). The researchers include the following people:
A major research project funded by Foundation for Research Science and Technology, LINX0303, developed ways to enhance or maintain ES in agriculture. It also estimated values for marginal changes in the level of some ecosystem services linked to agriculture and viticulture. Researchers in that FRST funded project collaborated with colleagues at University of Vermont in the USA. One outcome of the collaboration was the development of this publicly accessible website to report research results, provide information about ES, and illustrate values of selected ES in Canterbury, New Zealand. The research includes field level measurement of ES, international collaboration on ES research, estimation of ES values at regional level. Research outputs from the LINX0303 project are listed on webpages of staff accessible from this website.
The current website is a vehicle to report ongoing work by Lincoln University staff and collaborators on ES. One area for ongoing research is the Greening Waipara project. You can learn more about that project by following our updates on our own Ecosystem Services research theme site and on the Greening Waipara Research site.
We will update this website regularly so please keep visiting to learn more about the research project as it progresses.
A short introduction to Ecosystem Services is also available.