The NBS has identified additional indicators that need to be developed in order to better support policy making, such as those for “functional biodiversity” (e.g. indicators of soil diversity). Yet it is unclear how or whether these studies (and estimates of the benefits of biodiversity) have been used to formulate and evaluate policies. Steps need to be taken to evaluate biodiversity resources, so as to integrate biodiversity considerations into decision making processes. This could be accomplished as part of Israel’s National Ecosystem Assessment exercise (NEA), which is currently in the early planning stages.