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Technical Report
This is the first water accounts report for Rwanda and covers the period from 2012 to 2015.
Technical Report
This is the second energy accounts report for Botswana and covers the period from April 2015 to...
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Guidelines to assist national statistics officers and others improve the way they account for small...
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TEEB for Agriculture & Food: Scientific and Economic Foundations
The TEEB AgriFood ‘Scientific and Economic Foundations’ report addresses the core theoretical issues and controversies underpinning the evaluation of the nexus between the agri-food sector, biodiversity and ecosystem services and externalities including human health impacts from agriculture on a global scale.
Economic Accounting of Mineral Resources in Botswana, 2015/2016 - Technical Report
A study on physical and monetary trends in resource stocks, rents, and mineral depletion.
e-Learning Platform of the United Nations Statistics Division
The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012—Central Framework is a multipurpose conceptual framework for measuring the interactions between the environment and the economy. By providing an internationally agreed standard with agreed concepts, definitions and classifications, the SEEA is an invaluable tool for compiling integrated statistics on the economy and the environment and deriving coherent and comparable indicators to measure progress towards sustainable development.
2nd Policy Forum on Natural Capital Accounting for Better Policy Decisions: Applications for Sustainable Development (Part 1 - Takeaways)
This publication resulted from the discussions and contributions to the 2nd Policy Forum.
2nd Policy Forum on Natural Capital Accounting for Better Decision Making: Applications for Sustainable Development (Part 2: Case Studies)
This publication resulted from the discussions and written contributions to the 2nd Policy Forum on Natural Capital Accounting for Better Decision Making. In particular, the 2nd Policy Forum discussed how NCA as an integrated measurement framework is able to support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its accompanying Sustainable Development Goals. Part 2 of this publication focuses on cases studies.
The Global Value of Mangroves for Risk Reduction: Summary Report
Mangroves act as natural defenses that protect people and property from flooding, reducing coastal risk. Yet these protective benefits are often not fully accounted for in policy and management decisions, and mangroves continue to be lost. This work rigorously values the social and economic coastal protection benefits provided by mangroves.