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Defining Ecosystem Assets for Natural Capital Accounting
This paper argues that several additional conceptualisations of ecosystem assets are needed to understand ecosystems as assets, in support of ecosystem assessments, ecosystem accounting and ecosystem management.
Pilot Ecosystem Account for Southern Palawan
This technical report explores the specific challenges confronting natural resource management in Southern Palawan, in southwest Philippines, and presents the key findings of the ecosystem account, which were developed at different scales (depending on data availability), including the Pulot watershed and the municipalty of Sofroñio Española. It was developed over a period of almost two years (January 2014 to December 2015).
Pilot Ecosystem Account for Laguna de Bay Basin
As the largest inland water body in the Philippines and the third largest in Southeast Asia, the Laguna de Bay has been confronted with growing pressures on its ecosystems.This ecosystem account explores potential pathways to developing specific accounts based the SEEA-EEA framework.
The Integrated Economic-Environmental Modelling Framework: An Illustration with Guatemala’s Forest and Fuelwood Sector
This paper develops the Integrated Economic-Environmental Modelling platform and illustrates it with Guatemala’s environmental-economic accounts to analyse its forest and fuelwood sector, where negative health and environmental impacts arise from inefficient household fuelwood use.
Biodiversity and ecosystem services in environmental profit & loss accounts
The Environmental Profit & Loss methodology, a pioneering corporate natural capital accounting methodology, was developed at Kering to help corporate decision-makers understand environmental impacts in their business and supply chains.
Biodiversity and ecosystem services in corporate natural capital accounting: Synthesis Report
Businesses are increasingly aware of their dependencies upon nature’s goods, however this has focused mainly on water usage and carbon emissions, often neglecting the other critical aspects of natural capital such as ecosystems and biodiversity. This business-focused synthesis report is the result of a unique partnership between business and academic researchers.
The social costs of nitrogen
This study proposes a comprehensive approach for estimating the social cost of nitrogen, defined as the present value of the monetary damages caused by an incremental increase in nitrogen.
Joint OECD/UNECE Seminar on the Implementation of SEEA
The Joint OECD/UNECE Seminar on the Implementation of SEEA was held on 3 - 4 October, 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland. Presentations are available online.
Energy Accounts for Botswana: Technical Report
This is the first comprehensive report on Botswana’s energy accounts project. The report presents the methodology, data compilation process, results and policy messages of energy accounts for Botswana. The prime focus of the report is on the Physical Energy Flow Accounts. The accounts cover two energy products, namely coal and electricity in physical energy units during the reference period 2010/11 to 2014/15.
Carreteras y capital natural: Gestión de las dependencias y de los efectos sobre los servicios ecosistémicos para inversiones sostenibles en infraestructura vial
Este reporte presenta una introducción a la incorporación de servicios ecosistémicos en el diseño y desarrollo de carreteras.