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A report on the annual progress of the WAVES Global Partnership
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Assessment of biodiversity accounting approaches for businesses and financial institutions
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A study on physical and monetary trends in resource stocks, rents, and mineral depletion.
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Natural Capital Accounting and Policy: Colombia
With WAVES support, Colombia has produced water, land, and timber/forest accounts at the national level; ecosystem accounts at the regional level; and land, water, and expenditure accounts at the watershed level. These accounts make it possible to better assess the real value of natural capital to the economy.
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.
Natural Capital Accounting and Policy: Botswana
Botswana has prepared water, mineral, and energy accounts and developed macroeconomic indicators for sustainable development.
Natural Capital Accounting: Making Forests Count
Forest accounts can help shape good policy on matters ranging from timber extraction to reduction of greenhouse gases.
Nature-based Solutions to Enhance Coastal Resilience
The purpose of this policy brief is to provide the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and its audiences with a broad overview of the importance of coastal natural capital for sustainable development. The brief highlights the role of nature-based infrastructure and integrated solutions for building coastal resilience and proposes critical areas of work to effectively address development challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean.