Resource description:
This manual for scoping ecosystem services is related to impact assessments. It enables the identification of key ecosystem services that could be impacted by or could constrain the successful implementation of projects at a point when they can still be modified. The complete manual covers six steps for integrating ecosystem services into corporate social and environmental impact analyses. Here we present the steps 1 and 2 for scoping ecosystem services. The scoping of ecosystem services builds on guiding questions for practitioners. Step 1: Identifying relevant ecosystem services. Step 2: Specifying what needs to be known about them or further examined for their meaningful consideration within an EIA. The manual emphasizes an integrated approach across biophysical and socio-economic disciplines.
Author/Contact:
ValuES: Methods for integrating ecosystem services into policy, planning, and practice
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Postfach 5180 / P.O. Box 5180, 65726 Eschborn, Deutschland / Germany
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Uses of this resource:
The method serves to scope ecosystem services for their subsequent inclusion in an impact assessment, e.g. as part of a project appraisal. Therefore, the scoping questions always relate to some concrete activity (i.e. the proposed project).
Partners:
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
- Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF)
- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nucelar Safety of the Federal Republic of Germany (Funding)
Licence:
- Free, no licence
Development stage:
- Full, working product