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Policy support tool

EU Level Ecosystem Services Mapping Toolbox

This toolbox contains maps of supply and demand of a few ecosystem services and the GIS tools to make such maps. The tools are targeted at the European Union level and provide a broad picture of ecosystem services supply and demand. Tools are moderately complex methods for mapping, that upscale findings from detailed process-based models to the European Union scale, based on land use and biophysical characteristics.

Requirements for using the resource NEW

ArcGIS with Spatial Analyst and ModelBuilder or alternatively R with raster packages

Potential benefits from using the resource
Relatively low data requirement
Suitable for assessing impact of EU policy options
Potential limitations from using the resource
Not to be used at local scale
Scale of application
Regional
UN languages in which the resource is available
Development stage
Full, working product
Nynke Schulp
Is the resource freely available?
No
Do you want to add more details?
No

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