Latest SEEA news

South Africa's First Land and Terrestrial Ecosystem Accounts, 1990 - 2014

02 December 2020
Pretoria, South Africa, 2 December 2020 - Today South Africa launches its first ecosystem accounts at national level, under the publication, Land and Terrestrial Ecosystem Accounts, 1990 to 2014.

Extraordinary Meeting of the UNCEEA: Leading up to the 52nd UN Statistical Commission

30 November 2020
On 16 and 18 November 2020, an Extraordinary Meeting of the UN Committee of Experts on Environmental-Economic Accounting was held to discuss the revision of the SEEA Experimental Ecossytem Accounting.

Proposed monitoring framework for the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

24 November 2020
A draft monitoring framework for the 2050 Goals and the 2030 Targets of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework is now available online (

IUCN Resolution: SEEA for Accounting for Biodiversity

18 November 2020
IUCN Motion on Accounting for Biodiversity passes with resounding approval, marking a huge step forward for the development and implementation of SEEA accounting for biodiversity.

Session 4 on thematic accounts and indicators of the Virtual Expert Forum on SEEA Experimental Ecosystem Accounting 2020

10 November 2020
The Virtual Expert Forum on SEEA Experimental Ecosystem Accounting 2020 concluded with the Session 4 on thematic accounts and indicators, which was held on 9 and 10 November 2020.

New Ecosystem Account by IBGE: Threatened Species in Brazil

05 November 2020
IBGE recently released ecosystem accounts for threatened species in Brazil, as part of the EU-funded Natural Capital Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services project.

Monitoring framework for the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

30 October 2020
A draft monitoring framework for the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework is being developed, which will be a major step forward in terms of commitment and action toward monitoring the world's biodiversity.

Approaching the finishing line: Global consultation on the full SEEA EA

28 October 2020
The global consultation on the complete draft of the System Environmental-Economic Accounting—Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA) has been launched and is ongoing until the end of November 2020. 

2020 Global Assessment on the SEEA implementation and SEEA focal points

26 October 2020
The UN Committee of Experts on Environmental-Economic Accounting (UNCEEA) is conducting Global Assessment of Environmental-Economic Accounting and Supporting Statistics, 2020 to monitor implementation progress of SEEA.