Value scenarios for cost of (in)action

The results of the ecosystem services valuation can be used in applications to raise awareness, support decision-making, develop sustainable financing mechanisms, for spatial planning and for damage assessments. With scenarios, the study can assess certain policy issues, such as the economic loss if natural assets are damaged by, for example, sewage run-off. The applications answer questions relating to current environmental management issues on the islands. Stakeholders and local experts provided input determining the most relevant management issues to be used in local relevant scenarios.

  • Interdisciplinary team of experts including statisticians, GIS specialists, ecologists and economists
  • Ability to relate the results to different scenarios
  • Work on existing policy and or decision making issues
  • Insights from scenarios gives you an indication not an absolute figure
  • It is about awareness raising and relative comparison
  • Visual applications are very strong