Dr Clara Fontaine

Bio

Builds InVEST scenarios that value wetlands for flood control and carbon storage.

Dr Clara Fontaine builds InVEST scenarios that value wetlands for flood control and carbon storage, putting numbers to benefits that are easy to overlook until they are gone. Her models let agencies weigh a restored wetland against a built alternative using the same currency.

She works closely with the lab's hydrologists and ecologists so that every scenario reflects how a landscape actually behaves, not just how a spreadsheet assumes it will. Her aim is evidence robust enough to defend a budget line.