VALUES - VAluing Land Use change and Ecosystem Services

VALUES项目寻求将环境数据集结合起来，建立一个基于地理信息系统（GIS）的原型工具，该工具将根据土地利用变化的社会、经济和环境成本，支持确定大规模走廊式基础设施发展的最佳路线，并确定生态系统服务价值高的地区，在这些地区采取缓解行动将特别有益。在这个以商业为主导的合作项目中，基础设施开发商苏格兰水电传输有限公司，苏格兰北部电力传输系统的所有者，与苏格兰环境监管机构苏格兰环境保护局合作。双方都是正在开发的工具的最终用户。这种创新的伙伴关系通常处于项目同意的对立面，旨在通过开发共同的方法和联合工具来促进两者之间的共同理解。在整个项目中，将通过利益相关者参与计划咨询其他最终用户。

The VALUES project seeks to combine environmental data sets to build a prototype Geographical Information System (GIS) based tool which will support identification of optimum routes for large scale corridor style infrastructure developments in terms of the social, economic and environmental cost of land-use change, and also identifies areas of high ecosystem services value where mitigation action would be of particular benefit.In this business led collaborative project, infrastructure developer Scottish Hydro Electricity Transmission Plc, the North of Scotland Electricity Transmission system owner, is partnering with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Scotland’s environment regulator. Both partners are end users for the tool being developed. This innovative partnership, generally on opposing sides of project consenting, aims to promote shared understanding between the two by developing a common approach and joint tool. Other end users will be consulted through a programme of stakeholder engagement throughout the project.