System of Environmental-Economic Accounting: Ecosystem Accounting
March 21, 2025
Summary
The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting: Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA) constitutes an integrated and comprehensive statistical framework for organizing data about habitats and landscapes, measuring the ecosystem services, tracking changes in ecosystem assets, and linking this information to economic and other human activity.
The United Nations Statistical Commission adopted the SEEA Ecosystem Accounting at its 52nd session in March 2021. This adoption follows a comprehensive and inclusive process of detailed testing, consultation and revision. Today, ecosystem accounts have already been used to inform policy development in more than 34 countries.
The United Nations Statistical Commission adopted the SEEA Ecosystem Accounting at its 52nd session in March 2021. This adoption follows a comprehensive and inclusive process of detailed testing, consultation and revision. Today, ecosystem accounts have already been used to inform policy development in more than 34 countries.
Subject: Asset and liability management, Asset valuation, Environment, Environmental policy, National accounts, Natural resources
Keywords: Asset valuation, ecosystem accounting, ecosystem asset, ecosystem assets, ecosystem service, ecosystem type, Environmental policy, Europe, Global, Natural resources
Pages:
441
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Series:
Manuals & Guides
Stock No:
SEEAEAEA
ISBN:
9789212591834
ISSN:
2663-3744







