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EPA Research to Support States

Rapid Benefit Indicators (RBI) Webinar Archive

WetlandsThis webinar presented May 17, 2017 by Marisa Mazzotta and Justin Bousquin highlighted the Rapid Benefit Indicators (RBI) approach, developed by EPA’s Office of Research and Development, which is an easy-to-use process for assessing restoration sites using non-monetary benefit indicators. The RBI approach uses readily-available data to estimate and quantify benefits to people around an ecological restoration site using indicators of nature’s value to people (ecosystem service benefit indicators). 

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