Solution scanning as a key policy tool: identifying management interventions to help maintain and enhance regulating ecosystem services

The authors propose 'solution scanning' to provide policy-makers with a comprehensive, verified list of environmental interventions. Through a systematic consultation, they identified 296 possible interventions across various regulating services, noting that those reducing soil loss and maintaining forest cover often provide multiple benefits.

• The authors identified a candidate list of 296 possible interventions targeting nine main regulating services: air quality regulation, climate regulation, water flow regulation, erosion regulation, water purification and waste treatment, disease regulation, pest regulation, pollination, and natural hazard regulation.
• Certain interventions can provide benefits across multiple regulating services, with a particular emphasis on those that maintain forest cover and reduce soil loss.
• Solution scanning is presented as a critical foundation for assessing cost effectiveness, guiding implementation strategies, and questioning existing knowledge, leading the authors to recommend its routine use in all environmental policy decision-making.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2014). Solution scanning as a key policy tool: identifying management interventions to help maintain and enhance regulating ecosystem services. https://www.sei.org/publications/solution-scanning-as-a-key-policy-tool-identifying-management-interventions-to-help-maintain-and-enhance-regulating-ecosystem-services/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Solution scanning as a key policy tool: identifying management interventions to help maintain and enhance regulating ecosystem services. 2014. https://www.sei.org/publications/solution-scanning-as-a-key-policy-tool-identifying-management-interventions-to-help-maintain-and-enhance-regulating-ecosystem-services/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2014solution, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Solution scanning as a key policy tool: identifying management interventions to help maintain and enhance regulating ecosystem services}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2014}, month = may, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/solution-scanning-as-a-key-policy-tool-identifying-management-interventions-to-help-maintain-and-enhance-regulating-ecosystem-services/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }