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The Natural Capital Accounts (NCA) for Forests covering the period 2016 to 2020
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This report highlights the changes in animal populations, their use, and partial accounts for the...
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The Rapid Environment Economic Assessment (REEA) model can be used to analyse government investment...
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Natural Capital Accounting and Policy: Costa Rica
Costa Rica has prepared three main accounts—for forests, water, and energy—using the United Nations System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA). Results from the first set of accounts will start to reveal the value of natural capital’s contributions to society. This data will help to define the country’s policies into the future.
Natural Capital Accounting: Making Forests Count
Forest accounts can help shape good policy on matters ranging from timber extraction to reduction of greenhouse gases.
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.
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.
Natural Capital Accounting: Focusing on Energy and Adaptation to Climate Change
Energy accounts record stocks and flows of energy such as coal, peat, natural gas, oil, and electricity within the economy and show how they are connected to other environmental issues.
Natural Capital Accounting and Policy: Botswana
Botswana has prepared water, mineral, and energy accounts and developed macroeconomic indicators for sustainable development.