Ecosystem models revolutionize landscape planning, empower communities to thrive sustainably.
Modelling ecosystem services is important for assessing them at a regional scale. Software packages like Integrated Valuation of Environmental Services and Tradeoffs help with this. Indicators are used to estimate ecosystem services, and the term "landscape services" might be more fitting than "ecosystem services". Cultural services are hard to model because they are not just based on physical aspects of ecosystems. A decision framework can help land managers choose the right model for assessing ecosystem services.