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Measuring business impacts on nature: A framework to support better stewardship of biodiversity in global supply chains
This report from The Natural Capital Impact Group introduces a Biodiversity Impact Metric to help businesses manage their supply chain risks associated with nature. Highlighting the important role of the private sector in protecting and restoring biodiversity, the report is published in the midst of a global pandemic which has, in part, been caused by the breakdown of our relationship with nature.
Scottish natural capital accounts: 2020
The Scottish natural capital ecosystem service accounts, highlighting the relative importance of services provided by Scottish natural assets.
Blue Infrastructure Finance: A new approach, integrating Naturebased Solutions for coastal resilience
This paper is to familiarise developers, policy makers and financiers with a robust approach to developing blue infrastructure in coastal areas: what is Nature-based Solutions, what are resilience planning approaches and what are means for blue infrastructure finance.
Woodland natural capital accounts, UK: 2020
Natural capital accounts containing information on ecosystem services for woodlands in the UK.
Towards Sustainable Land Use
This report provides good practice insights on how governments can transition to more sustainable land-use systems.
Global Futures: Modelling the global economic impacts of environmental change to support policy-making
This report presents the model created in response to the recommendation by a report, documented in Crossman et al. (2018), to develope a new integrated modelling approach linking two existing models, namely the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) model from the Natural Capital Project, and the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model from Purdue University.
Progress in natural capital accounting for ecosystems
With the first generation of ecosystem accounts now published in 24 countries, and with a push to finalize a United Nations (UN) statistical standard for ecosystem accounting by 2021, this article highlight key advances, challenges, and opportunities.
GPS-WAVES Annual Report 2019
A report on the annual progress of GPS-WAVES. It showcases the significant progress made by partner countries in developing natural capital accounts & GPS-WAVES activities over the last year.
Towards a Regional Community of Practice in Africa: Accelerating the mainstreaming of NCA through regional integration
This is a synthesis report of the Africa Forum on Natural Capital Accounting and recommendations for future actions
Woodfuels Overview
This brief highlights the importance of generating reliable data that will help policy makers advocate for reform, simplify governance and provide practical support to the woodfuel industry players in Uganda.