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Counting a Billion Trees
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The Billion Tree Tsunami initiative is helping to shift the current mindset of treating forests as ‘timber revenue’ machines towards one that considers treating them as valued ‘natural capital.’

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Counting a Billion Trees
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carbon
forests
green economy
private sector

Global Program on Sustainability

GPS

WAVES is now part of the broader World Bank umbrella initiative, the Global Program for Sustainability (GPS).

Resources

Uganda Natural Capital Accounting, Environment and Climate Change Programmatic ASA : Natural Capital Accounting : Informing Policy Decisions and Management of Uganda’s Natural Resources (English)

Country Report , November 2020

Mobilizing Private Finance for Nature

Technical Report , October 2020

Natural Capital Accounts and Policy in Indonesia

Policy Brief , July 2019

A Green and Prosperous Future for Indonesia

Policy Brief , July 2019

The Low Carbon Development Report: A Paradigm Shift Towards a Green Economy in Indonesia

Technical Report , July 2019

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Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES) is a World Bank-led global partnership that aims to promote sustainable development by ensuring that natural resources are mainstreamed in development planning and national economic accounts.

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