Inge Liekens

I am working on the "nature value explorer" (natuurwaardeverkenner in Dutch), a web tool developed to explore the quantity and value of ecosystem services in Flanders Belgium as part of environmental impact assessments and cost benefit analysis. The tool estimates the impact of land use and land cover change on regulating and cultural ecosystem services. The web application is been used in several cases to support decisions in infrastructural projects as well as nature restoration projects.