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Completing and Using Ecosystem Service Assessment for Decision-Making: An Interdisciplinary Toolkit for Managers and Analysts

Value of Nature to Canadians Study Taskforce Federal, Provincial, and Territorial Governments of Canada

Completing and Using

Ecosystem Service Assessment for Decision-Making:

An Interdisciplinary Toolkit for Managers and Analysts

Lead Authors: Susan M. Preston and Ciara Raudsepp-Hearne On behalf of the Value of Nature to Canadians Study Taskforce Federal, Provincial, and Territorial Governments of Canada

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Completing and Using Ecosystem Service Assessment for Decision-Making: An Interdisciplinary Toolkit for Managers and Analysts.

Issued also in French under the title: R?alisation et utilisation d'une ?valuation des services ?cosyst?miques aux fins de prises de d?cisions : Bo?te ? outils interdisciplinaire ? l'intention des gestionnaires et des analystes.

Alternate title: Ecosystem Services Toolkit

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Cat. No.: En4-295/2016E-PDF ISBN: 978-0-660-07074-2

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The authors gratefully acknowledge the generous involvement of many reviewers and advisors in the development of this Toolkit:

Non-government expert advisors, reviewers, and contributors:

Dr. Kai M.A. Chan, Dr. Terre Satterfield, Dr. Allyson Quinlan, Dr. Elena Bennett, Dr. Jeremy Kerr, Dr. Chris Joseph, Dr. Franz Gatzweiler, Dr. Robert Fish, Michelle Molnar, Michael Bordt, Andrew Kadykalo, Vivek Voora, Matthew Retallack, Gillian Kerr, Augustin Bergh?fer, Eric Miller, Robert Smith, Mark Anielski, John Thompson, Marie-Pier Amyot, Dr. Rudolf de Groot.

Federal-Provincial-Territorial Governments' Taskforce on the Value of Nature to Canadians Study, and Toolkit Subcommittee:

Alberta: Stan Kavalinas, Ron Bjorge, Gillian Kerr, and Angele Vickers; British Columbia: Michele MacIntyre; Manitoba: Christine Tymchak and Jennifer Chambers; New Brunswick: Steve Gordon; Newfoundland and Labrador: Shelley Pardy Moores; Northwest Territories: Dr. Suzanne Carri?re; Nova Scotia: Dr. Sherman Boates; Nunavut: Tyler Ross; Ontario: Dr. Beth Wright, Andreas Link, and Sara Wilson; Prince Edward Island: Dan McAskill and Kate McQuarrie; Quebec: Aude Tremblay, Elisabeth Koch, and Dr. Sabrina Courant; Saskatchewan: Peter Joyce and Yeen Ten Hwang; Yukon: Jean Carey, Todd Powell, and Tyler Kuhn; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada: Aurelie Mogan and Robin MacKay; Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada: Jesse George and Stephanie Blouin; Fisheries and Oceans Canada: Neville Johnson, Dr. Barbara Best, Keldi Forbes and Zeba Ali; Parks Canada: Dr. Brenda Jones and Dan Mulrooney; Natural Resources Canada: Mike Fullerton, Dr. Phyllis Dale; Environment and Climate Change Canada: Dr. Susan M. Preston (Value of Nature to Canadians Study (VNCS) Lead Researcher and Co-ordinator)

The many reviewers in federal, provincial, and territorial governments.

The authors thank the following for permission to reproduce material:

UK Department for Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and Dr. Robert Fish, University of Kent, for text from: Fish, R., J. Burgess, J. Chilvers, A. Footitt, and K. Turner. 2011. Participatory and deliberative techniques to support the monetary and non-monetary valuation of ecosystem services: An introductory guide. Defra NR0124.

Dr. Terre Satterfield, University of British Columbia, for text on working with Indigenous communities.

Augustin Bergh?fer, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), selected factsheets from the ValuES Methods Database, published September 2014.

Thanks to Irene Lam, University of Waterloo, for co-organizing the first experts workshop.

The VNCS Taskforce thanks the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Assistant Deputy Ministers' Conservation, Wildlife and Biodiversity Steering Group, and the Assistant Deputy Ministers' Federal Biodiversity Committee for their wisdom in requesting this guidance and supporting its completion.

Lead authors: Susan M. Preston, Ph.D., and Ciara Raudsepp-Hearne, Ph.D.

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