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Forest Ecosystems

Table 3 Appropriate tools for hypothetical national scale screening context in Uganda

From: A decision framework for identifying models to estimate forest ecosystem services gains from restoration

Tool

Scalability

Cost requirements

Time requirements

Uncertainty

Applicability to BCA

ARIES

1

1

3

1

2

Co$ting Nature

2

1

1

3

2

EnSym

1

1

3

2

2

Envision

1

2

3

2

2

InVEST

1

1

2

2

2

LUCI

1

3

3

3

2

MIMES

1

3

3

2

2

TESSA

3

1

1

3

3

  1. Acronyms: ARIES Artificial Intelligence for Ecosystem Services, ENSYM Environmental Systems Modelling Platform, InVEST Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs, LUCI Land Utilisation and Capability Indicator, MIMES Multiscale Integrated Models of Ecosystem Services, TESSA Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-based Assessment
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