Understand Nature
in your Landscape

Learn about your current and potential ecosystem types and their ecosystem services values.

Explore catchment-scale ecosystem reconstruction targets and costings.


Whether you’re looking to support local biodiversity, meet your bottom line or tell your nature story…

…we can help you understand nature in your landscape.

Products and Services

Each product can be purchased outright to use when and how you like,
or you can have our experts crunch the numbers for you in a report.

Land Cover Snapshot

The Land Cover Snapshot is a GIS product that maps the following as at 2018:

  • Mature Ecosystems

  • Regenerating Ecosystems

  • Reconstruction Opportunity

  • Built-up or Transport Areas

Use the Land Cover Snapshot to understand catchment-scale ecosystem patterns and opportunities for ecosystem reconstruction. It is useful as a broad biodiversity-baseline, to share opportunities with collaborators or to plan your own mahi.

Land Cover Snapshot details & pricing:

  • Full product details: see Digital Product Guide (Essentials Collection)

  • Outright ownership of Land Cover Snapshot GIS layer for your area of interest:

    • $5,000 + $5/ha for 0-10,000 sq km, $1/ha for 10,001-20,000 sq km, 50c/ha for 20,000+ sq km

  • Land Cover Snapshot data-only report: $5,000

  • Land Cover Snapshot interpretive report: $10,000

Ecosystem Projector

This GIS product shows what Aotearoa New Zealand would look like without human-induced land modification. It indicates which native ecosystems are suitable for reconstruction and where.

The Ecosystem Projector can generate maps showing where ecosystem types are expected to naturally occur, as well as summary metrics such as the area (ha) of each expected ecosystem type.

Ecosystem Projector details:

  • Product details: Digital Product Guide (Essentials Collection)

  • Ecosystem Projector GIS layer for Aotearoa NZ: free download here

  • Ecosystem Projector data-only report: $5,000

  • Ecosystem Projector interpretive report: $10,000

Ecosystem Services Valuer

Give nature a seat at the economic table with this GIS based valuer for ecosystem services.

Valuing ecosystem services is a multifaceted process that recognises and quantifies the less-tangible benefits ecosystems contribute to human well-being, health, livelihoods, and survival. Our Ecosystem Services Valuer will clarify the economic value of ecosystems.

The method used by Eco-index to value ecosystem services is based on internationally recognised scientific research. Our method follows a benefit transfer approach to provide a starting point by assigning a constant value per hectare of biome which a given ecosystem nests within, and adjusting for Aotearoa NZ economic conditions (e.g., inflation). This approach is similar to GDP accounting methods.

Ecosystem Services Valuer details & pricing:

  • Product details: Digital Product Guide (Investment Tools)

  • Outright ownership of Ecosystem Services Valuer GIS layer for your area of interest:

    • $10,000 + $5/ha for 0-10,000 sq km, $1/ha for 10,001-20,000 sq km, 50c/ha for 20,000+ sq km

  • Ecosystem Services Valuer data-only report: $5,000

  • Ecosystem Services Valuer interpretive report: $10,000

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Free, open access information to help understand nature in your landscape

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Ecosystem Reconstruction Map

Explore catchment-scale ecosystem information for Aotearoa New Zealand with reconstruction priorities, targets, costings and more