Ecosystems deliver essential services that underpin economic, environmental, and community wellbeing. These include cleaner water and air, carbon storage, flood and fire risk reduction, and the provision of food, timber, and medicines. When ecosystems are thriving, they reduce exposure to natural hazards and strengthen climate resilience - outcomes matter to all of us.

The Ecosystem Services Valuer helps you understand these benefits in monetary terms, so they can be considered alongside traditional financial metrics. It enables you to compare scenarios, assess trade-offs, and identify where nature-based solutions can deliver the greatest return - whether you are managing existing landscapes or planning restoration and development.

Using a benefit transfer approach grounded in thousands of peer-reviewed studies worldwide*, the Ecosystem Services Valuer has been developed to provide values for the ecosystems found in Aotearoa New Zealand. It can be applied to ecosystems that currently exist in your landscape or those you’re considering reconstructing.

The result is clearer evidence to support investment decisions, policy design, and long-term planning; helping you align environmental outcomes with financial and risk management objectives.