Data from: Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Service Logic Models & Socio-Economic Indicators (GEMS)

• Billions of dollars are being spent on restoration of Gulf of Mexico ecosystems with the intent to bolster the environment and revitalize coastal communities and economies. While it is clear that many restoration funders and practitioners aim to create environmental and human benefits, most projects do not report on social and economic outcomes. The few exceptions use inconsistent metrics that complicate comparing project successes or rolling up Gulf-wide impacts. Without a consistent approach for identifying and measuring restoration impacts on communities and the economy, funders and practitioners run the risk of using funds inefficiently or failing to meet goals for community resilience and economic recovery. The GEMS project aimed to help overcome these challenges by (1) developing ecosystem service logic models that enable the selection of restoration projects likely to achieve target economic and social goals and (2) identifying a set of core metrics that enable consistent measurement of social and economic outcomes from Gulf restoration. The metrics and models serve as a starting point and should be tailored to each project. ... [Read More]

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43 files (33.7 MB)

Data Citation

• Olander, L., Shepard, C., Tallis, H., & Yoskowitz, D. (2021). Data from: Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Service Logic Models & Socio-Economic Indicators (GEMS). Duke Research Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.7924/r4s181m3h

Creator

• Tallis, Heather
• Olander, Lydia
• Yoskowitz, David
• Shepard, Christine

DOI

• 10.7924/r4s181m3h

Subject

• Socioeconomic benefits
• Mexico, Gulf of
• Indicators
• Habitat restoration
• Water quality
• Recreation
• Metrics
• Ecosystem services
• Logic models

Publication Date

• July 27, 2021

ARK

• ark:/87924/r4s181m3h

Contributor

• Warnell, Katie
• Karasik, Rachel
• Mason, Sara
• Hutch Williams, Lauren
• Coffey, Kara
• Wowk, Katya
• Hale, Christine

Is Replaced By

• 10.7924/r45b0962f

Affiliation

• Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies
• The Nature Conservancy
• Bridge Collaborative
• Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions

Publisher

• Duke Research Data Repository

Location

• Gulf of Mexico

Language

• English

Type

• Dataset

Format

• CSV
• PNG
• PDF

Related Materials

• GEMS project website. 2021.  https://nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/project/gems.

Funding Agency

• Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Grant Number

• 2000008884

Contact

• Katie Warnell: katie.warnell@duke.edu

License

• Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 International

Title

• Data from: Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Service Logic Models & Socio-Economic Indicators (GEMS)

License

• https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Repository

• Duke Research Data Repository

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	Overview - GEMS models and metrics.pdf	2021-07-27	Public	Download
	Context documents	2021-07-27	Public
	Logic models	2021-07-27	Public
	Metrics database	2021-07-27	Public

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