ARIES redefines ecosystem services assessment and valuation in decision-making. Mapping benefits, beneficiaries and service flows is a powerful new way to value and manage our green infrastructure.
A web-based technology
ARIES is a suite of applications, all delivered to end users through the world wide web. All applications have been
designed with the help of professional
usability engineers, and are accessible through a standard web browser. Along with the main
toolkit (Ecosystem Services explorer, Valuation database, and Biodiversity explorer)
custom ARIES interfaces can be built to simplify life for specific groups of end users.
Focus on conservation
ARIES can establish the precise value to humans of conserving biodiversity areas. At the same time, it can help conservation planning by identifying crucial areas to protect the
flow of ecosystem services to their beneficiaries. It is being used in Madagascar to plan conservation and enhance its value for local communities.
Focus on business
ARIES can greatly help reduce impact and even engender positive change by assisting precise siting, prioritizing the conservation of ecosystem services flows to local
communities and locating critical flow areas to protect and enhance in order to achieve positive offsetting of the consequences of operations.
