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InVEST: Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs
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About InVEST
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InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs) is a family
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of tools for quantifying the values of natural capital in clear, credible, and
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practical ways. In promising a return (of societal benefits) on investments in
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nature, the scientific community needs to deliver knowledge and tools to
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quantify and forecast this return. InVEST enables decision-makers to quantify
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the importance of natural capital, to assess the tradeoffs associated with
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alternative choices, and to integrate conservation and human development.
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InVEST is licensed under a permissive, modified BSD license.
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For more information, see:
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* `InVEST API documentation <http://invest.readthedocs.io/>`_
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* InVEST on `GitHub <https://github.com/natcap/invest>`__
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* The `Natural Capital Project website <http://naturalcapitalproject.stanford.edu>`__.
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.. Everything after this comment will be included in the API docs.
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.. START API
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Installing InVEST
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Python Dependencies
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Runtime dependencies for ``natcap.invest`` are listed in ``requirements.txt``.
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Installing via pip
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If you have a compiler installed and configured for your system, and
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dependencies installed, the easiest way to install InVEST as a python package
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is:
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.. code-block:: console
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$ pip install natcap.invest
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Installing the latest development version
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The latest development version of InVEST can be installed from our git
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source tree:
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.. code-block:: console
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$ pip install "git+https://github.com/natcap/invest@main#egg=natcap.invest"
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Development
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Dependencies for InVEST are listed in ``requirements.txt`` (runtime
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requirements), ``requirements-dev.txt`` (development requirements), and
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``requirements-docs.txt`` (for building documentation).
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Support
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Participate in the NatCap forums here:
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http://community.naturalcapitalproject.org
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Bugs may be reported at http://github.com/natcap/invest
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