2.3.2.5 Triage sequence 2.2: How does the envisaged management intervention influence these changes?

TRIAGE SEQUENCE 2
Refinement of scope of the ecosystem services assessment in support of scenarios building and policy design

Question 5
How does the envisaged management intervention influence these changes?

If a specific management action is unlikely to have a significant influence on the value then there is little purpose in a valuation assessment.

Factors such as the likelihood of the policy coming into effect, and where responsibility for making the decision lies should also be considered.

It is also important to take account of the resistance and resilience of the system providing the service.

If the change in value will be very small (for example carbon sequestration on a local scale) or the benefit is very robust (e.g. aggregate extraction) then there is very limited justification for continuing with the valuation.