Pilot Ecosystem Account for Laguna de Bay Basin

As the largest inland water body in the Philippines and the third largest in Southeast Asia, the Laguna de Bay has been confronted with growing pressures on its ecosystems.This ecosystem account explores potential pathways to developing specific accounts based the SEEA-EEA framework. The account covers the Laguna de Bay watershed and the Laguna de Bay region, the administrative jurisdiction of the LLDA,1 and comprises the following specific accounts:
• a land account containing land cover and changes
• a water account providing information on water quantity aspects
• an ecosystem condition account indicating various terrestrial and water quality indicators, changes in lake bathymetry, and sediment loading

Date:
2016
Publisher:
WAVES
Author(s):
Laguna de Bay Technical Working Group
Details:
Technical Report, application/pdf, 101pages
Idioma:
English
Topic:
Ecosystems