Overview

Timeline

Scenario Building

Identify focal issue or decision

Identify driving forces

Rank importance & uncertainty

Select scenario logics

Flesh-out the scenarios

Select indicators for monitoring

Assess impacts for different scenarios

Evaluate alternative strategies

What are Nearshore Ecosystems?

Scenario Building

6. Select indicators for monitoring

The MEA looked at three major components for assessing change under each scenario: ecosystem services, biodiversity and human well-being. Under each component multiple indicators were monitored. For example, under biodiversity, within the subcategory of terrestrial biodiversity, habitat loss was selected as one indicator.