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Introduction to the Natural Capital Project Approach
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 2 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Prerequisite
There are no prerequisites for this course. However, we recommend that you
and GIS software (either or ). You do not need to have a background in GIS to learn the NatCap Approach, but knowing how to use GIS software is crucial for preparing spatial inputs to the InVEST models, viewing and understanding model output, and post-processing the output to provide meaningful results. Running the InVEST models themselves does not require a GIS; all of the tools are independent applications. InVEST is built to run in a Windows and Mac environment.This MOOC is built off a previous version, NCP101: An Introduction to the Natural Capital Approach that was offered from January 2016 to July 2019, authored by Gregg Verutes, Adrian Vogl, and Henry Borrebach.
Instructors
Gretchen Daily
Bing Professor In Environmental Science and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment
Stanford University
Stacie Wolny
Senior Geographic Info Systems Specialist, Woods Research Natural Capital Project
Stanford University
Jess Silver
Ecosystem Services Analyst, Woods Research Natural Capital Project
Stanford University
Roy Remme
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biology, Woods Research Natural Capital Project
Stanford University
Sarah Cafasso
Communications Manager, Woods Research Natural Capital Project
Stanford University
Anne Guerry
Chief Strategy Officer and Senior Research Scientist, Woods Research Natural Capital Project
Stanford University
Lori Avila
Training Coordinator, Natural Capital Project
Stanford University
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