No Net Loss on Iporã Possantti, PhDhttps://www.possantti.net/tags/no-net-loss/Recent content in No Net Loss on Iporã Possantti, PhDHugo -- gohugo.ioen-gbSun, 01 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000Natural capital assessment for Canela's master planhttps://www.possantti.net/projects/canela-master-plan/Sun, 01 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.possantti.net/projects/canela-master-plan/<header class="project-header"> <strong class="project-motivation"> How do you put a number on a city&#39;s natural capital, and use it to balance development with conservation? </strong> <p class="project-abstract"> Ecosystem services and natural capital assessment for the revision of Canela&#39;s Plano Diretor (urban master plan). The core deliverable was a habitat quality map using InVEST and the Equivalent Biodiversity Area (EBA) metric, providing the scientific basis for a no-net-loss compensation mechanism within the municipality. The work also covered vegetation indices, hydrological indicators, water balance modeling, soil loss estimation, geological and hydrological risk mapping, and stream carrying capacity analysis. </p>