{"id":3323,"date":"2020-06-02T09:52:45","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T07:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecoshape.org\/en\/tools\/including-natural-value-in-decision-making-nature-index\/"},"modified":"2020-07-16T11:31:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T09:31:32","slug":"including-natural-value-in-decision-making-nature-index","status":"publish","type":"tool","link":"https:\/\/www.ecoshape.org\/en\/tools\/including-natural-value-in-decision-making-nature-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Including natural value in decision-making (Nature Index)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Nature Index tool provides a method to quantify the change in nature value within a project area that results from proposed interventions. The tool translates a nature value into nature points, to allow for a quantified comparison between alternatives. It requires four steps to determine the effect of a certain intervention on the number of nature points. The tool can be used when the feasibility of an intervention or project has to be demonstrated or when an (i.e. cost effective) alternative has to be chosen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Type: <\/strong>Model<br><strong>Project Phase:<\/strong> Planning &amp; Design, Initiation<br><strong>Type of assessment: <\/strong>Environmental Economics<br><strong>Purpose: <\/strong>Providing a quantitative nature index to include natural qualities in decision-making process<br><strong>Requirements: <\/strong>Ecological knowledge<br><strong>Relevant Software:<\/strong> Excel or similar programme<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"985\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecoshape.org\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Nature-Index_fig1-1.png\" alt=\"Nature index Scheldt estuary\" class=\"wp-image-1829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecoshape.org\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Nature-Index_fig1-1.png 985w, https:\/\/www.ecoshape.org\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Nature-Index_fig1-1-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ecoshape.org\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Nature-Index_fig1-1-768x479.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><figcaption>Example of using nature index in Scheldt estuary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1829,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","phase":[9,8],"tooltype":[16],"type-of-assessment":[13],"class_list":["post-3323","tool","type-tool","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","phase-planning-design","phase-initiation","tooltype-model","type-of-assessment-environmental-economics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Including natural value in decision-making (Nature Index) - EcoShape<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ecoshape.org\/en\/tools\/including-natural-value-in-decision-making-nature-index\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Including natural value in decision-making (Nature Index)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Nature Index tool provides a method to quantify the change in nature value within a project area that results from proposed interventions. 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