The Managing Ecosystem Services Evidence Tool (MESET) is an online tool for searching evidence on how management interventions affect the provision of ecosystem services for different habitats. It is an update to and replacement of the Managing Ecosystem Services Evidence Review, published in 2017 (JP033, formerly NECR159).
MESET has been developed with the University of York and is intended for anyone who wants to know how land management interventions affect the provision of ecosystem services. Following a search, the user is provided, and can download in PDF format:
• a graph showing the quantity and quality of the evidence, and the direction of the effect the intervention has on the ecosystem service
• a reference list for the cited evidence, with digital referencing.
MESET can be used to identify evidence to support decision making, inform policy development, and guide research by highlighting evidence gaps.
Where there are gaps in the evidence, this does not necessarily mean that there would be no effect of an intervention on an ecosystem service, just that the search framework did not identify evidence on the association at the time of development.
The tool is supported by a Method Report and associated Appendices. The tool is accessed via this link: