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The Natural Capital Accounts (NCA) for Forests covering the period 2016 to 2020
Technical Report
This report highlights the changes in animal populations, their use, and partial accounts for the...
Technical Report
The Rapid Environment Economic Assessment (REEA) model can be used to analyse government investment...
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Energy Account, Australia, 2013-14
The Energy Account Australia (EAA) provides statistics to monitor changes in the supply and use of energy over time, both from an economic and an environmental perspective.
Measuring the value of groundwater and other forms of natural capital
Kansas lost approximately $110 million per year (2005 US dollars) of capital value through groundwater withdrawal and changes in aquifer management during the decade spanning 1996–2005.
Natural Capital Accounting in Action: Energy accounts inform decisions about carbon tax in South Africa
Data from energy accounts in South Africa helped to assess the effectiveness of a carbon tax and its economic impact.
Natural Capital Accounting in Action: Australia's water accounts inform policy to tackle impact of drought
Data from water accounts were one of the few reliable sources of information to support economic modeling to assess Australia's proposed policies.
What is Natural Capital?
What is Natural Capital? (US Department of Commerce website)
Threading natural capital into cotton: Doing business with nature
This report by the Cotton Action Research Collaboratory (ARC) explores the possibilities for meeting future demand for high quality, ethically sourced and sustainably grown cotton. This ARC explored 15 different interventions and the evidence of positive natural capital impacts for each.