This report gives an overview about requirements and options for enhancing the practical usefulness and political relevance of ecosystem service assessments and valuations (ESAVs). It focuses on practical aspects of the ESAV process: How can potential users of ecosystem service knowledge draw practical benefit from engaging in an ESAV exercise? With a growing number of assessments for different purposes and in diverse contexts, there are lessons to be drawn from practical experience. This is our objective: to document, synthesise and draw from these experiences.