Technical Series No.77 - Ecosystem Natural Capital Accounts: A Quick Start Package
Ecosystem Natural Capital Accounts: A Quick Start Package is meant to provide the additional elements needed by countries willing to start implementing ecosystem accounts right away, thus the title a “quick start” package. It includes a structured set of accounting tables and guidance based on practical experiences of compiling ecosystem accounts. It is a comprehensive approach applicable to all ecosystems, whether natural or modified by anthropogenic activities, with the purposes of measuring the capability of delivering their services now or in the future, directly to people or as inputs to the production of commodities.