2 Set the framework of the assessment and valuation
Objectives of this section
This chapter aims to provide you with an operational method in order to define the framework in your situation in a specific territory and context.
This chapter presents the framework for the implementation and the valuation. It proposes a step by step progress in order to identify clearly the framework and the relevant tools to be used according to each local context. The lessons learned from the implementation of the Ecosystem Services Approach in the VALMER project case studies are presented at the end of this section.
The tools are then presented in section 3 "Assess and value" 
for the ecosystem services assessment and valuation and in the section 4 "Build scenarios" for stakeholder engagement and scenario building.
Resources for this section
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Mongruel, R., Beaumont, N., Hooper, T., Levrel, H., Somerfield, P., Thiébaut, E., Langmead, O. and Charles, M. (2015). A Framework for the Operational Assessment of Marine Ecosystem Services. VALMER INTERREG IV A France (Channel) - England Project. |
Section outline
2 SET THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ASSESSMENT AND THE VALUATION 
Section coordination by M. Philippe11, J. Ballé-Béganton11 and D. Bailly11 based on written contributions from R. Mongruel5, N. Beaumont8, T. Hooper8, H. Levrel5, P. Somerfield8, E. Thiébaut10, M. Charles1, L. Pendleton11, L. Friedrich9 and W. Dodds9
2.1 Why, who and what 
2.1.1 Recommendation 1: a social process 2.1.2 Recommendation 2: meaningful, useful and feasible 2.2 A social process 2.2.1 Work in partnership 2.2.2 Stakeholder engagement 2.2.3 Visualisation and communication
2.3 Running a structured decision making process: the triage process 2.3.1 Preliminary to triage: is an ecosystem services assessment the most appropriate approach? 2.3.2 The three sequences of triage 
2.3.2.1 Triage sequence 1.1: For which purposes is a valuation of marine ecosystem services needed in the area? 2.3.2.2 Triage sequence 1.2: What are the most important policy issues in relation to marine ecosystem services in the area? 2.3.2.3 Triage sequence 1.3: What parts of the marine social-ecological system are concerned by these policy issues? 2.3.2.4 Triage sequence 2.1: What is the potential for the status or value of ecological functions and services to change? 2.3.2.5 Triage sequence 2.2: How does the envisaged management intervention influence these changes? 2.3.2.6 Triage sequence 2.3: Which other factors do affect the status or value of the considered functions and services? 2.3.2.7 Triage sequence 3.1: Which metrics would be meaningful as regards the factors of change to be considered? 2.3.2.8 Triage sequence 3.2: Which methods and tools could be used to obtain such metrics? 2.3.2.9 Triage sequence 3.3: Is the envisaged valuation method feasible?
2.4 Recommendations 2.4.1 Recommendations for the stakeholder engagement 2.4.2 Recommendations for implementing the process with the triage 2.4.3 Recommendations for the assessment framework
1 Agence des Aires Marines Protégées
2 Cornwall Council
3 Devon County Council / Devon Maritime Forum
4 Dorset County Council/Dorset Coast Forum
5 Ifremer
6 Marine Biological Association of the UK
7 Parc Naturel Régional du Golfe du Morbihan
8 Plymouth Marine Laboratory
9 Plymouth University
10 Station Biologique de Roscoff – Université Pierre et Marie Curie
11 Université de Bretagne Occidentale – Brest/ UMR AMURE
