In this blog, Conservation International’s Rosimeiry Portela describes some of her field research in Madagascar. She and her small team of scientists are in the country conducting an analysis on ecosystem services from the Ankeniheny-Zahamena Corridor (CAZ).
Photo Credit: Cristina Mittermeier via Conservation International
The World Bank’s Vice President for Sustainable Development, Rachel Kyte, on May 25, 2012 welcomed the strong endorsement from ten African countries for natural capital accounting - a tool for factoring countries’ natural assets into their systems of national accounting.
The Government of Japan has announced a financial commitment of $US3million to support the global partnership on Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES).