InVEST: Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs
InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs) is a family of tools for quantifying the values of natural capital in clear, credible, and practical ways. In promising a return (of societal benefits) on investments in nature, the scientific community needs to deliver knowledge and tools to quantify and forecast this return. InVEST enables decision-makers to quantify the importance of natural capital, to assess the tradeoffs associated with alternative choices, and to integrate conservation and human development. Read more at https://naturalcapitalalliance.stanford.edu.
Installation
The InVEST desktop application can be downloaded from releases, or from our website.
InVEST is also available as a python package. See the API documentation for installation instructions.
Downloads of InVEST binaries and sample data for older versions can be found:
- For InVEST 1.0-3.7: http://data.naturalcapitalproject.org/invest-releases/index.html
- For InVEST 3.7-present: http://releases.naturalcapitalproject.org/?prefix=invest/
- InVEST 3.8.1-present are also archived as GitHub releases: https://github.com/natcap/invest/releases
Related Repositories
- InVEST User's Guide (InVEST 2.1.0-present): https://github.com/natcap/invest.users-guide
- InVEST Sample Data (InVEST 3.7.0-present): https://bitbucket.org/natcap/invest-sample-data
- InVEST Test Data (InVEST 3.7.0-present): https://bitbucket.org/natcap/invest-test-data
Older versions of InVEST used a few different repositories over the years. These are archived on github:
- InVEST python source code (InVEST 2.1.0 - 3.2.0): https://github.com/natcap/invest-natcap.invest-3
- InVEST ArcGIS models (InVEST 2.1.0 - 3.2.0): https://github.com/natcap/invest.arcgis
Contributing
Please see CONTRIBUTING.md.
Copyright and License Information
A file called LICENSE.txt should have accompanied this distribution. If it
is missing, the license may be found on our project page,
https://github.com/natcap/invest