Criteria

Scale

Description

A1: Importance of condition

4

Important to national/international interest

3

Important to regional/national interest

2

Important to areas immediately outside the local condition

1

Important only to local condition

0

No importance

A2: Magnitude of change/effect

+3

Major positive benefits

+2

Significant improvement in status quo

+1

Improvement in status quo

0

No change/status quo

−1

Negative change in status quo

−2

Significant negative change

−3

major change

B1: Permanence

1

No change/not applicable

2

Temporary

3

Permanent

1

No change/not applicable

2

Reversible

3

Irreversible

B3: Cumulative

1

No change/not applicable

2

Non-cumulative/single

3

Cumulative/synergistic