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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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Natural partners: Why nature conservation and natural capital partners should work together
In this report, we argue that both natural capital and nature protection approaches have something to offer, but that neither is enough on its own.
Multiple Pathways to Sustainable Development: Further Evidence of Sustainability in Practice
This report examines four approaches that have been adopted at the country or regional level: Circular Economy in the European Union (EU) and Germany, Natural Capital Accounting in Botswana, Payment for Ecosystem Services in Costa Rica, and Gross National Happiness in Bhutan. The purpose is to show that there is no “one size fits all” approach to sustainable development, but rather a range of concepts, methodologies, and tools that can be used, depending on the specific context.
Sustainable Development Goals Indicators: Global Database
This platform provides access to data compiled through the UN System in preparation for the Secretary-General's annual report on "Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals".
Global Assessment of Non-Wood Forest Ecosystem Services: Spatially Explicit Meta-Analysis and Benefit Transfer to Improve the World Bank's Forest Wealth Database
The general methodological approach of this study involves identifying and summarizing findings from the ecosystem service valuation literature, in combination with statistical analyses, to develop a wide-ranging revision of the current nonwood forest wealth assessment.
Natural Capital Land Cover in the United Kingdom
In this paper ONS develops Land Cover ecosystem accounts for the United Kingdom (UK). The initial land cover accounts based on data from the Countryside Survey show that the land cover changed significantly in the UK between 1998 and 2007.
Accounting for Natural Capital in Productivity of the Mining and Oil and Gas Sector
This paper presents a growth accounting framework in which subsoil mineral and energy resources are recognized as natural capital input into the production process.