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Natural capital encompasses the world's living and non-living natural assets. It forms the basis for environmental and economic life through natural resource production and the provision of ecosystem services. Natural resources are the foundation of social and economic development. Given the critical role they play in maintaining biodiversity and enabling green economic growth, safeguarding such assets could not be more pressing.

To incorporate natural capital into national green growth planning, it is critical for decision-makers to have access to information that reflects the quality, quantity and spatial configuration of natural capital assets. The utility of natural capital analysis for policymaking is ultimately dependent on the availability of information, which can be provided through data platforms and tools.

The GGKP’s Natural Capital Expert Group is currently exploring state-of-the-art methods, models, data and tools for mainstreaming natural capital in national green growth policies and practices. The group is leveraging global momentum for green growth in order to better value, protect and enhance natural capital in national economic decision-making.

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In March, the Institute for Forestry Conservation (ICF)—the Honduran institute in charge of protected areas—declared Honduras’s first and largest community-based ‘managed access’ area in coastal waters and designated it a “Site of Importance for Wildlife”

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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs(UNDESA), United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP)

The Statistics Division (SD) of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and the UN Environment Program (UNEP), in collaboration with the international research and innovation platform Artificial Intelligence for Environment & Sustainability (ARIES) at the Basque… Read More

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Here the question of defining the price of water arises. Although by now there are widely accepted measurements for greenhouse gas emissions – key to assessing pollution impacts - there is not yet any similar measurement of the real price of water in different environments. The sustainable management of natural capital can play a significant role in tackling climate change in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Looking into it now will help us to actively help shape our regions' destiny, and further expand the scope of our activities into that longer-term future.

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Still Only One Earth: Lessons from 50 years of UN sustainable development policy. Over-exploitation of natural resources harms the health of ecosystems and the wellbeing of people.

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https://www.iisd.org/articles/sustainable-use-natural-resources-governance-challenge
Geneva Environment Network

The Nature-based Solutions and Health Dialogue is critical as the first stage of this journey convened in the run-up to various international negotiations, as the world is still coping with the challenges of addressing the origins and consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More

Science Based Targets Network

Register now to learn how your company can set a clear course of action to protect nature and the climate in line with science. The Science Based Targets Network enables companies and cities to play a vital role in creating an equitable, nature-positive, net-zero future using science-based targets… Read More

United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP), New Scientist

Join a top-level panel of scientists, conservationists, and policymakers as they discuss how our disregard for nature caused COVID-19 – and how we can seize a unique opportunity to recover better. This event accompanies the New Scientist's “Rescue Plan for Nature” feature series and is… Read More

Capitals Coalition

If 2021 needs to be the year where commitments for nature are turned into actions; governments and businesses call for clear roadmaps to implement net positive approaches.  The recent adoption of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting – Ecosystem Accounting ( SEEA AE) framework… Read More

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Using capitals approaches to inform policy and Business decisions: Covid Recovery & Food system change

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