Difficulty of creation

The ‘Difficulty of creation’ risk multiplier is determined as a function of habitat distinctiveness and condition, subsequently resulting in categorisation into three discrete bins of ‘Low’ to ‘High’ corresponding to a three-point scale of ‘.67’ to ‘1’ which represents the numerical coefficients with which the former two are multiplied. A lower coefficient would yield a final lower HBU composite score, while the converse is true. Thus, the product of habitat distinctiveness, condition and coefficient consequently comprise HBU delivered for each habitat assessed.

The following figure depicts the calculated HBU for newly proposed sample habitats to be created as it appears in the SGBA (columns truncated for easier reading).

Table. SGBA Sample calculations for proposed habitat condition creation.

To access the above, click on the relevant SGBA sheet(s) as shown below (see Resources to access the SGBA metric):

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