Discourses in Ecosystem Accounting: A Survey of the Expert Community

Michael Bordt

Ecological Economics, 2018, vol. 144, issue C, 82-99

Abstract: National ecosystem accounting is an emerging framework for measuring the links between ecosystems and human well-being for national planning. It directly addresses Sustainable Development Goal 15.9, in which countries have agreed to integrate ecosystem values into national planning. The community of practice for national ecosystem accounting includes not only the international and national researchers who develop such a framework, but also the national analysts who implement it and the decision makers who apply it. To foster convergence within this community on such a common measurement platform, it is first necessary to understand the issues of divergence of values and preferences among the diverse and international ethical perspectives, disciplines and roles involved.

Keywords: Classification; Convergence; Critical Natural Capital; Environmental Accounting; Environmental Policy; Frameworks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.06.032

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