scholarly journals Natural capital accounting for better policy

AMBIO ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (7) ◽  
pp. 714-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arjan Ruijs ◽  
Michael Vardon ◽  
Steve Bass ◽  
Sofia Ahlroth
Keyword(s):  
Natural Capital ◽  
Natural Capital Accounting

scholarly journals From natural capital accounting to natural capital banking

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Vardon ◽  
Heather Keith ◽  
Peter Burnett ◽  
David B. Lindenmayer
Keyword(s):  
Natural Capital ◽  
Natural Capital Accounting

scholarly journals “Mathematics maybe, but not money”

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 1459-1480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sian Sullivan ◽  
Mike Hannis
Keyword(s):  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Economic Values ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Experimental Implementation ◽  
Natural Capital Accounting ◽  
Ecological Accounting ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Biodiversity Offset ◽  
Policy Texts

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to consider and compare different ways of using numbers to value aspects of nature-beyond-the-human through case analysis of ecological and natural capital accounting practices in the UK that create standardised numerical-economic values for beyond-human natures. In addition, to contrast underlying ontological and ethical assumptions of these arithmetical approaches in ecological accounting with those associated with Pythagorean nature-numbering practices and fractal geometry. In doing so, to draw out distinctions between arithmetical and geometrical ontologies of nature and their relevance for “valuing nature”. Design/methodology/approach Close reading and review of policy texts and associated calculations in: UK natural capital accounts for “opening stock” inventories in 2007 and 2014; and in the experimental implementation of biodiversity offsetting (BDO) in land-use planning in England. Tracking the iterative calculations of biodiversity offset requirements in a specific planning case. Conceptual review, drawing on and contrasting different numbering practices being applied so as to generate numerical-economic values for natures-beyond-the-human. Findings In the cases of ecological accounting practices analysed here, the natures thus numbered are valued and “accounted for” using arithmetical methodologies that create commensurability and facilitate appropriation of the values so created. Notions of non-monetary value, and associated practices, are marginalised. Instead of creating standardisation and clarity, however, the accounting practices considered here for natural capital accounts and BDO create nature-signalling numbers that are struggled over and contested. Originality/value This is the first critical engagement with the specific policy texts and case applications considered here, and, the authors believe, the first attempt to contrast arithmetical and geometrical numbering practices in their application to the understanding and valuing of natures-beyond-the-human.

Natural capital accounting and climate change

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 520-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Agarwala ◽  
Giles Atkinson ◽  
Christopher Baldock ◽  
Barry Gardiner
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Natural Capital Accounting

scholarly journals The Natural Capital Accounting Opportunity: Let's Really Do the Numbers

BioScience ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (12) ◽  
pp. 940-943 ◽  
Author(s):  
James W Boyd ◽  
Kenneth J Bagstad ◽  
Jane Carter Ingram ◽  
Carl D Shapiro ◽  
Jeffery E Adkins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Capital ◽  
Natural Capital Accounting

Editorial special issue natural capital accounting: The content, the context, and the framework

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 101347
Author(s):  
Alessandra La Notte ◽  
Sara Vallecillo ◽  
Joachim Maes ◽  
Carl D. Shapiro ◽  
Kenneth J. Bagstad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Capital ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Editorial Special Issue ◽  
Natural Capital Accounting

scholarly journals Advancing environmental-economic accounting in the context of the system of economic statistics

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 629-645
Author(s):  
Carl Obst ◽  
Alessandra Alfieri ◽  
Bert Kroese
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Economic ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Economic Statistics ◽  
The World ◽  
Stocks And Flows ◽  
Natural Capital Accounting ◽  
Ongoing Development ◽  
Beyond Gdp ◽  
Clear Support

Natural capital and its increasing scarcity have been at the heart of concerns over sustainability for many decades. This paper highlights the significant advances in accounting for the stocks and flows of natural capital that have taken place in the statistical community through the ongoing development and implementation of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA). Through description of the history and key components of the SEEA and through presentation of various examples of accounting from around the world, this paper demonstrates not only the theoretical advances but also the feasibility and relevance of SEEA based accounts to policy making. The increasing recognition of the threats of climate change and the importance of halting biodiversity loss and maintaining healthy ecosystems which provide essential contributions to people, make the implementation of the SEEA extremely timely and relevant in supporting policies that take into account the environment. There is now clear support from the official statistics community and a clear role for national statistical offices in using the SEEA to go “beyond GDP”. We can no longer afford to ignore our dependence on the environment, our natural capital. Accounting for it is part of the pathway forward.

scholarly journals Defining Ecosystem Assets for Natural Capital Accounting

PLoS ONE ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. e0164460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Hein ◽  
Ken Bagstad ◽  
Bram Edens ◽  
Carl Obst ◽  
Rixt de Jong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Capital ◽  
Natural Capital Accounting

National natural capital accounting with the ecological footprint concept

1999 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathis Wackernagel ◽  
Larry Onisto ◽  
Patricia Bello ◽  
Alejandro Callejas Linares ◽  
Ina Susana López Falfán ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Natural Capital Accounting
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