Eric V Lonsdorf

The goal of my applied research is to enable a more sustainable society by helping to incorporate the value nature provides to human well-being, also known as ecosystem services, into land management decisions and policy. To achieve this goal, I focus my work on three interrelated topics: 1) developing the science necessary to reveal nature’s contributions to people, 2) valuing those contributions economically and intrinsically, and 3) integrating the value into decisions.