{"id":2556,"date":"2025-08-11T13:47:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T18:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/?page_id=2556"},"modified":"2025-08-20T16:08:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T21:08:27","slug":"ecosystem-service-values","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/gift-resources\/ecosystem-service-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecosystem Service Values"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2576\" src=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2025\/08\/sheldong-wetland-landscape-300x131.jpg\" alt=\"Man standing in a coastal Texas wetland pond\" width=\"1307\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2025\/08\/sheldong-wetland-landscape-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2025\/08\/sheldong-wetland-landscape-768x335.jpg 768w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2025\/08\/sheldong-wetland-landscape.jpg 844w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1307px) 100vw, 1307px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Value of Ecosystem Services in Texas<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This study recommends ecosystem service benefit values for Texas to support the evaluation of nature-based green infrastructure projects in a benefit-cost analysis context.<\/p>\n<p>Priority Ecoregions studied:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wetlands<\/li>\n<li>Grasslands\/prairies<\/li>\n<li>Urban green open space<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The full report also provides a mechanism to capture recreation value per acre for a green infrastructure project that provides free community access, as well as three Texas specific case studies, and a list of references.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Study Resources\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2025\/08\/TAMUExecSumm_FINAL_DGTL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Overview<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2025\/08\/Ecosystem-Service-Values-for-Texas_FINAL-August-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full report<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Q5uQHp_9IHU\">Recorded webinar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New Texas-based Benefit Cost Analysis Resource Webinar 20250730\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q5uQHp_9IHU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/agrilife.org\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Please Note: This webinar, recorded on July 30, 2025, contained incorrect values during the discussion of the Case Studies. 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