Description
Preserve explicit habitat benefit valuation and discount base-year labels.
Environmental valuation separates measured quantities, supplied unit values, accounting flows and assumed counterfactuals. A permit balance differs from a verified registry holding, and an avoided-tonne cost requires a defined baseline and cost boundary. Income-adjusted benefit transfer depends on a supplied elasticity rather than establishing transferable welfare benefits.
Preserve explicit habitat benefit valuation and discount base-year labels.
When to use this tool
Use Habitat Benefit Discount Year Label when you already have benefitRecordId, valuationYearText, discountBaseYearText and need to preserve explicit habitat benefit valuation and discount base-year labels.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter benefitRecordId, valuationYearText, discountBaseYearText. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read token. Use the output convention below.
Enter benefitRecordId, valuationYearText, discountBaseYearText using the field constraints below. Encode these values, in exactly that order, as a JSON array and return the serialized array as text in token. String values are preserved without trimming or external terminology lookup.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| benefitRecordId | Benefit Record Id | Required. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| valuationYearText | Valuation Year Text | Required. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| discountBaseYearText | Discount Base Year Text | Required. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| token | Token | Required. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192. |
{
"input": {
"benefitRecordId": "B17",
"valuationYearText": "2030",
"discountBaseYearText": "2026"
},
"output": {
"token": "[\"B17\",\"2030\",\"2026\"]"
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- The result records supplied values without discounting or forecasting benefits. Sources and asserted relationships are not independently authenticated.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Use the complete emissions, cost, valuation and registry records for an actual environmental assessment. Review the relevant accounting boundary and applicable rules before combining local payment, exemption or unit-benefit terms into a policy conclusion.
References
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