
Towards Ecosystem Accounts For Uganda
- 29 October 2020
- Uganda Bureau of Statistics, World Bank’s Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES)
Location
Uganda
Topic
Ecosystems and biodiversity
Ecosystems and biodiversity
Type
Articles and reports
Copyright Information
World Bank’s Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES) Partnership Program, Government of Uganda
Summary
The report on “Towards Ecosystem Accounting in Uganda” describes the results of the first iteration for experimental ecosystem accounts in Uganda. It indicates how information in ecosystem accounts could be used to support policy making and ecosystem management.
Uganda has begun the task of creating ecosystem accounts, using data, modelling tools and capacity that
are readily available. This report outlines the progress on the production of ecosystem accounts,
including experimental accounts and the challenges of producing them, along with a plan for their
ongoing production and potential use. All accounts were in physical metrics as time and resources did
not allow monetary measures to be developed.