Ecosystem services management tool development guidelines and framework revision for industries, industry policy makers and industry groups

The role of industries is important in a holistic ecosystem services management framework that includes government, consumers and private sector. To this end, the need to include more industries into ecosystem services management and conservation is being constantly mentioned by the international community. Here, the purpose of this paper is to find ways to consider industries needs in ecosystem services management better. This was done through identifying aspects that need revising in the current ecosystem services management framework and proposing new guidelines for ecosystem services management tool development. To achieve this, first an ecosystem services dependency management platform for the sectors of the Japanese economy was developed. Second, utilizing this platform and the current ecosystem services management framework, expert evaluation interviews were conducted in order to find potential development aspects. Third, using the results of these interviews, tool development guidelines were proposed and a revision for the framework was conducted. The importance of regularly revising tool requirements and the framework according to new information was underlined.