Hello Users of the ESII Tool!

We wanted to alert you to some exciting news! We’re engaged in a major overhaul of the ESII Tool, including the addition of biodiversity models. We anticipate deployment of the new version NLT January 2023. A major change is that we will be moving the app to an Android platform, which will greatly improve access for users globally. When the new version is ready, your account and data will be available for transfer to the new system, where you will have access to improved functionality. However, this message is to alert you to the fact that over time, the current version of the ESII Tool and iPad app will no longer be maintained or supported. During the next several months, you may experience a degradation of service, due in part to changes made by Mapbox, which is negatively affecting our mapping functionality when users are off-line. We greatly appreciate your patience as we improve the ESII Tool! Please reach out if you have specific needs or concerns. info@esiitool.com Thank you.

The Ecosystem Services Identification & Inventory Tool, or the ESII Tool, is an iPad app and web interface that lets people understand the benefits that nature provides and incorporate the value of nature into decision making.

Why ESII

With the information provided by the ESII Tool, you can:

Identify, inventory, and understand ecosystem services on your site
Help focus restoration efforts
Optimize site layouts/designs for your business
Run “what if?” scenarios
Help minimize development related impacts
Inform cost-benefit analyses when you are considering green infrastructure options, etc.

State-of-the-Art Analysis Tool

Using the ESII Field App, you can download mapping for your property, go into the field and collect spatially-explicit ecological data for your site. In the ESII Project Workspace, you can review and edit the data once you have returned from the field, run the ESII Tool’s ecological models, and generate results in a variety of user-friendly formats.