Developing a cloud-based WebGIS tool for communicating integrated ecosystem services assessment modeling to conservation stakeholders

• Published in: Journal of environmental management Vol. 375; p. 124372
• Main Authors: Yang, Wanhong, Liu, Yongbo, Shao, Hui, Iravani, Majid, Yu, Zhiqiang, Weber, Marian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2025
• Subjects: Agriculture - economics; Agriculture - methods; Agriculture - statistics & numerical data; Agroecology - economics; Agroecology - methods; Agroecology - statistics & numerical data; Alberta; Cloud Computing; Conservation of Natural Resources - economics; Conservation of Natural Resources - methods; Conservation of Natural Resources - statistics & numerical data; Conservation prioritization; cost effectiveness; Cost-Effectiveness Analysis; data collection; Decision making; Ecosystem; ecosystems; environmental management; Environmental Monitoring; farms; Farms - economics; Farms - statistics & numerical data; Geographic Information Systems; Grazing management; Hydrology; Intelligent recommendation; Models, Statistical; nitrogen; phosphorus; Riparian enhancement; sediments; soil carbon; Stakeholder engagement; Stakeholder Participation; stakeholders; water quality; watersheds; Wetland restoration; Alberta; Intelligent recommendation; Wetland restoration; Decision making; Riparian enhancement; Conservation prioritization; Grazing management; Stakeholder engagement

Various modeling efforts have been conducted to evaluate ecosystem services (ES) of agricultural conservation practices but typically these models are too complex for conservation stakeholders to use. This research developed a cloud-based WebGIS tool for communicating integrated ES modeling to conse...