Projects: Multi-Benefit Environmental Restoration The Flood Control 2.0 project created tools to evaluate economic impacts of new flood risk management alternatives in the San Francisco Bay Area, evaluating tidal marsh restoration in highly urbanized watersheds. We helped estimate the value of restoration benefits, including recreational uses and the expansion of habitat for protected
Projects: Open Source Environmental Technologies Integrative Economics joined soil science experts, practitioners of regenerative land management, and blockchain technologists for the Reversapalooza gathering in Seattle in April 2018. Kyle Birchard appeared on a panel discussing open source technologies used in environmental and ecological applications. We have been working to quantify the market for carbon storage
Projects: Optical Scouting Tools for Crop Health In July 2019, we were awarded a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant by the National Science Foundation to develop remote sensing products to monitor insect populations in agriculture. Our focus in 2020 and 2021 will be on extending this work into additional crop health and management tools for growers
Fundable Concepts for Research in Land and Environmental Systems Over the years I have kept a running tab of research questions related to environmental, agricultural, natural resource, and urban economics. These are often multi-disciplinary, dealing with questions around technology, equity, individual-versus-collective interests, and community well-being. I would like to share some of these ideas...(more)
Projects: Building New Tools for Pollinator Habitat Enhancement We are excited to share that our pollinator habitat enhancement project was selected for Regen Network's Community Funding Program. We will be working on new cooperative models to design, fund, and sustain pollinator habitat creation on working lands using innovative ecological modeling and governance tools. We look forward to supporting
What we do * Valuation of environmental assets and liabilities * Benefit-cost analysis and economic impact modeling * Specialized research on technological, policy, and financial topics * Evaluation of regulatory impacts on business operations * Software development for economic simulations * Business/organization planning and feasibility studies
