
Author/Contact:
Lisa Ingwall-King, Sarah Ivory, WCMC
Sibyl Brunner, ETH
Images
Resource description:
Uses of this resource:
Under the OPERAs project (Work Package 4), eleven tools focused on measuring, assessing and monitoring ES have been developed or enhanced. Table 1 provides further information on each of the tools and their use. The purpose of these tools are multiple and variable. Most of the tools focus on engaging stakeholders (91%) and providing decision support (82%). Many of the tools include ES assessment (64%) and/or valuation (55%), whereas others focus on ES mapping (36%). Only 18% of the tools focus on implementation support. This suggests that the majority of tools help in terms of defining and understanding the issue at stake and in developing and prioritising interventions and actions, while tools that support actual implementation of identified actions are rarer.
The envisaged general use of all the tools is to provide information to support the operationalisation of the ES concept. As such, the results from most tools can be used to guide environmental management (82%), spatial planning (63%) and scenario analysis (91%). Equally, many of the tools can be used across a broad range of policy sectors, with four tools (mDSS, STREAMLINE, ES indicator guidance) applicable to all sectors (Table 2). The two policy sectors most tools can be used for are ‘agriculture and rural development’ (45%) and ‘spatial planning’ (36%). All but one of the tools support multiple policy sectors.
This report introduces and analyses them ,including their recent developments and interlinkages.
Partners:
George Cojocaru (Tiamasg), Dariya Hadzhiyska (Denkstatt), Veronique Morel (Ecometrica), Nelly Papazova (WWF), Fabien Quetier (Biotope), Aster de Vries Lentsch (UEDIN), Diana Tuomasjukka (EFI), Rob Tinch (Iodine)
Additional information:
All tools identified in this report can be found on oppla Marketplace
several; see individual tools
Licence:
- Free, no licence
Development stage:
- Full, working product
Quality assurance:
- Scientific peer review