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The Natural Capital Accounts (NCA) for Forests covering the period 2016 to 2020
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This report highlights the changes in animal populations, their use, and partial accounts for the...
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The Rapid Environment Economic Assessment (REEA) model can be used to analyse government investment...
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Ecosystem accounts define explicit and spatial trade-offs for managing natural resources
This paper advances the application of ecosystem accounts in a regional case study by explicitly and spatially linking impacts of human and natural activities on ecosystem assets and services to their associated industries.
Landscapes in transition: An account of 25 years of land cover change in Europe
New data on land cover change in Europe up to 2012 show that total land cover change increased from the 2000‑2006 period to the 2006‑2012 period.
Natural Capital Accounting and Policy: The Philippines
The Philippines is producing mineral, mangrove, and ecosystem accounts. The data generated will give a clearer picture of the country’s natural capital resources and provide input for investment and policy decisions.
Natural Capital Accounting: Informing Water Policies
Water security is at the core of several national development plans and sustainable development goals (SDGs): access to clean water and sanitation (SDG 6), and as an input to food security (SDG 2) and energy (SDG 7). Increasing demand and competition for water requires better information to direct investments and maximize benefits for all. Natural capital accounting can provide indicators to help policy design, monitoring, and cost-recovery strategies.
Natural Capital Accounting and Policy: Indonesia
Natural resources have long played a significant role in Indonesia’s economy. Efforts are ongoing to strengthen the existing environment and economic accounting system and develop more robust indicators to measure sustainability. Careful attention to how natural resources are used, depleted, and replenished is of paramount importance for national planning.
System of Environmental Economic Accounting (SEEA)
The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) is a framework that integrates economic and environmental data to provide a more comprehensive and multipurpose view of the interrelationships between the economy and the environment and the stocks and changes in stocks of environmental assets, as they bring benefits to humanity.