19 Jul Integrating Cultural Ecosystem Services in an Ecosystem SatelliteAccount: A Case Study in the Gulf of Saint-Malo (France)

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This article develops an accounting approach to estimate cultural services in the Gulf of Saint-Malo (France). A new evaluation method is proposed using the own-use production of households engaged in recreational activities in terms of cultural services. A survey was carried out to collect accounting...

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19 Jul A Natural Capital Approach to Agroforestry Decision-Making at the Farm Scale

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This review considers how a natural capital approach that has traditionally been applied at a national or regional scale can be practically applied to demonstrate the value of agroforestry systems and improve decision-making in agroforestry at the "enterprise" scale. First, measurement of ecosystem services is necessary...

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29 Mar Ecosystem services accounting – Part II Pilot accounts for crop and timber provision, global climate regulation and flood control

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This report assesses and accounts for four ecosystem services (ES): crop provision, timber provision, global climate regulation, and flood control. The methodology applied for the accounts of each ecosystem service depends on the nature of the service and on data availability. Crop provision account is...

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26 Mar Mapping monetary values of ecosystem services in support of developing ecosystem accounts

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This study examines how ecosystem services can be valued and mapped, in this case in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Four provisioning services (timber, palm oil, rattan and rice), one regulating service (carbon sequestration) and two cultural services (nature recreation and wildlife habitat) were considered and their...

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22 Mar Integrating natural capital assessment and marine spatial planning: A case study in the Mediterranean sea

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In this study, the natural capital of the Egadi Islands marine protected area was assessed using a biophysical and trophodynamic environmental accounting model. The emergent value of autotrophic and heterotrophic natural capital stocks was calculated for the main habitats of the protected area. Finally, the...

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21 Mar Restoring and managing natural capital towards fostering economic development: Evidence from the Drakensberg, South Africa

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In this study, the benefits and costs of managing a mountain catchment in the northern Drakensberg (South Africa) were quantified. To do this, an ACRU agrohydrological simulation model was used to analyse simulated changes in winter baseflow (April-September) and annual sediment yield, following changes in...

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21 Mar Ecosystem accounting for measuring total income in private and public agroforestry farms

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grouped into private and public activities and measured in a manner consistent with the exchange value principle of standard national accounts. Private outputs include timber, cork, fuelwood, forest conservation, grazing, livestock, hunting, crops and private services, while public outputs include fungi, carbon, water, public recreation,...

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21 Mar Natural capital accounting in marine protected areas: The case of the Islands of Ventotene and S. Stefano (Central Italy)

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In this study, the value of natural capital in the marine protected area "Ventotene and S. Stefano Islands" (central Italy) was assessed by applying a biophysical and trophodynamic environmental accounting model based on emergy accounting. The value of natural capital was estimated for the main...

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26 Jul EUR 10 of benefit for every euro invested in the Marine Protected Area of Llevant in Mallorca

Posted at 11:56h in Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, Natural Capital, Natural Capital Accounting, News

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Investing in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) pays off. This is the conclusion of an investigation into the benefits of Mediterranean marine reserves for the economy and wider society, commissioned by the Marilles Foundation and developed in collaboration with Ecoacsa, the Balearic Center for Applied...

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30 Apr ARIES for SEEA Explorer, new artificial intelligence tool for rapid natural capital accounting

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The United Nations and the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) have launched an innovative artificial intelligence (AI) tool that will make it easier for countries to measure the contributions of nature to their economic prosperity and well being. Developed by the Statistics Division...

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