Ecosystem Services Review for Impact Assessment: a new methodology to address ecosystem services in impact assessment
The Ecosystem Services Review for Impact Assessment (ESR for IA) is a structured methodology to help environmental and social practitioners address ecosystem services throughout the impact assessment process. More specifically, the ESR for IA provides practitioners with:
- A conceptual framework for better understanding the linkages between the project, ecosystem services, and human well-being (Working Paper 1);
- An overview of the seven steps to implement the conceptual framework throughout the ESIA process (scoping, impact analysis, and mitigation stages) in a structured and systematic manner (Working Paper 1); and
- Detailed instructions accompanied by supporting tools and guidance to help ESIA practitioners throughout the scoping stage (Working Paper 1); impact analysis stage (Working Paper 2); and the mitigation stage (Working Paper 2).
Today the World Resources Institute released the first of two Working Paper, Ecosystem Services Review for Impact Assessment: Introduction and Guide to Scoping. It will be followed by Ecosystem Services Review for Impact Assessment: Guide to Impact Analysis and Mitigation (to be published in early 2012). These two working papers will be road-tested on upcoming environmental and social impact assessment processes between January and September 2012 before being finalized.
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