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Flood defence: time for a radical rethink
Flood defences and river catchment management will need to adapt and adjust to population and infrastructure changes – but so too will planning, and agricultural policy. This requires a radical rethink, treating rivers as core natural capital.
Brochure: Mineral Accounts in the Philippines
A brochure on mineral accounts in the Philippines
Maryland's Genuine Progress Indicator: Services from Natural Capital
As part of the U.S. State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources' Genuine Progress Indicator, ecosystem services from forests, wetlands, and the Chesapeake Bay are considered.
Operationalising natural capital: Managing opportunities and risks from natural resources
This report focuses on the measurement and value of businesses’ impacts and dependencies on the natural environment.
Sustainable Development Goals Indicators: Global Database
This platform provides access to data compiled through the UN System in preparation for the Secretary-General's annual report on "Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals".
The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2016
This report presents an overview of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals using data currently available to highlight the most significant gaps and challenges.
Multiple Pathways to Sustainable Development: Further Evidence of Sustainability in Practice
This report examines four approaches that have been adopted at the country or regional level: Circular Economy in the European Union (EU) and Germany, Natural Capital Accounting in Botswana, Payment for Ecosystem Services in Costa Rica, and Gross National Happiness in Bhutan. The purpose is to show that there is no “one size fits all” approach to sustainable development, but rather a range of concepts, methodologies, and tools that can be used, depending on the specific context.
Managing Coasts with Natural Solutions
Guidelines for measuring and valuing the coastal protection services of mangroves and coral reefs.
Natural partners: Why nature conservation and natural capital partners should work together
In this report, we argue that both natural capital and nature protection approaches have something to offer, but that neither is enough on its own.
Natural Capital Land Cover in the United Kingdom
In this paper ONS develops Land Cover ecosystem accounts for the United Kingdom (UK). The initial land cover accounts based on data from the Countryside Survey show that the land cover changed significantly in the UK between 1998 and 2007.