The final step is to apply valuation methods to quantify the economic benefits themselves, which can be done in monetary or non-monetary terms. The fifth step teases out how an asset (e.g., a forest, lake, river, trail, etc.) In this context intrinsic values are less relevant as they capture non-anthropocentric benefits, i.e., the value in and of itself that a forest exists, independent of any direct or indirect benefit it may provide humans.