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Uganda Natural Capital Accounting, Environment and Climate Change Programmatic ASA : Natural Capital Accounting : Informing Policy Decisions and Management of Uganda’s Natural Resources (English)
The Government of Uganda has been working to establish a new system of NCA. NCA is a standardized approach to measuring and valuing natural resources. It overcomes the limitations of traditional economic measurements, such as gross domestic product (GDP), that look primarily at income and not at wealth. It provides physical and monetary information about natural capital wealth as well as income and other benefit flows. As such, NCA is already helping to inform key policies and plans in Uganda.
Zambia’s Natural Capital Accounts: Informing Key Policy Priorities
This report summarizes why the Zambian government believes that production of natural capital accounts is a priority and describes how they were produced with the support of the World Bank Wealth Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES) program.
Updated Country Brief: Uganda
WAVES has supported Uganda to develop its land and forests accounts. The objective was to mainstream their value into development policy dialogue and planning by using results from the sets of accounts to inform the National Development Plan (NDPIII) and other national and sectoral policies.
Zambia Land Accounts Report, 2010-2015
This report presents the first land accounts for Zambia for the period 2000-2015.
Mobilizing Private Finance for Nature
A World Bank Group paper on private finance for biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Valuing the ecosystem services provided by forests in Pursat Basin, Cambodia
This report provides evidence of the importance of forests in providing ecosystem services that are important for Cambodia’s economy.