The overall aim of the follow-on phase is to further develop and communicate the evidence base of the UK NEA and make it relevant to decision and policy making at different spatial scales across the UK.

The follow-on phase will continue to be a collaborative effort between experts from a wide variety of specialisms and aims to help address important scientific evidence gaps, as well as practical challenges. The overall goal is to develop an improved evidence base to implement the ecosystem services paradigm within the ecosystems approach, and thereby facilitate more informed decision-making.

The evidence developed by this follow-on phase will also provide some of the evidence needed for the Natural Capital Committee.