Guidebook Training Resources
If you find this resource helpful and would like to introduce others to the guidebook or provide training on the methods used in the Assessment Framework we have provided two sets of resources:
- Guidebook overview
- This series of PowerPoint slide decks summarize the creation of the guidebook and the contents of each section. Individual slides can be pulled from multiple decks to create a unique presentation tailored to a specific audience.
- Workshop materials
- These materials were used in the “Methods for Incorporating Ecosystem Services into Planning and Decision-Making” workshop, held at the A Community on Ecosystem Services conference in December 2014. They include all presentations as well as the handouts used for exercises.
These slide decks do not yet reflect shifts in terminology or process described in the complementary NESP paper “Best Practices for Integrating Ecosystem Services into Federal Decision Making” released in 2015.
Guidebook Overview (Slide Decks)
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Project Background
Download SlidesThis “About the Project” slide deck presents why and how the guidebook was created and includes a brief overview of its contents.
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Understand the Motivation
Download SlidesThis slide deck summarizes the “Understand the Motivation” section of the guidebook, which includes background on what ecosystem services are and why they may be useful for resource management. It also identifies the types of decisions that may benefit most from the approach and answers some frequently asked questions.
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Federal Agencies and Ecosystem Services
Download SlidesThis slide deck summarizes the “Explore Agency Use” and “Explorations and Applications” sections of the guidebook, which include overviews of the different ways federal resource agencies are using an ecosystem services approach as well as specific cases and applications.
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The Assessment Framework
Download SlidesThis slide deck provides a high-level summary of the “Assessment Framework” section of the guidebook, which reviews the various methods that can be used and how they can work together to assess ecosystem services in a range of decision contexts.
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Waypoints in the Assessment Process
Download SlidesThis slide deck focuses on a subsection of the Assessment Framework, Waypoints in the Assessment Process. These waypoints are points within the assessment process at which managers can assess if they have sufficient information to make a decision or if additional information is needed.
Workshop Materials
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ACES Workshop: Introduction
Download SlidesUse this presentation to understand the flow of the workshop, provide a high-level overview of the concepts of the guidebook project.
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ACES Workshop: Assessment Framework
Download SlidesReview a high-level overview of the Assessment Framework, how it fits with the planning process, what methods are included, and how they fit together. It introduces many of the methods that are discussed in detail in other presentations.
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ACES Workshop: Stakeholder Engagement
Download SlidesDiscover some of the innovative stakeholder engagement techniques used by USFS’s Region 5 planning process (includes an exercise).
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ACES Workshop: Means-Ends Diagrams
Download SlidesLearn how to create means-ends diagrams to link management, projects, or policies to the provision of ecosystem services (includes a group exercise).
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ACES Workshop: Benefit Relevant Indicators
Download SlidesAdd social information to ecological indicators so they more accurately reflect how people use and interact with a resource (includes a group exercise).
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ACES Workshop: Monetary Valuation
Download SlidesUnderstand how economic valuation can be used in ecosystem services assessments.
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ACES Workshop: Multi-criteria Evaluation
Download SlidesLearn about the process of multi-criteria evaluation and how it is helpful for ecosystem services assessments.
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