Workshops

As part of the IUCN World Conservation Congress, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, IUCN and Conservation International are organizing a side event, Incorporating nature in development planning through natural capital accounting. This session discusses Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) and the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting, Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA), including their role in helping incorporate nature and sustainability into economic planning, as well as meeting Sustainable Development Go

This webinar is part of the UN Development Account Project, Environmental-Economic Accounting for Evidence-Based Policy in Africa and Asia. This webinar introduces the SEEA and land accounting to stakeholders in the project's Asia Pacific partner countries, Malaysia and the Philippines.

The webinar is part of a series under the Africa Natural Capital Accounting Community of Practice organized in cooperation between UNSD and the World Bank Global Program on Sustainability, the Gaborone Declaration for Sustainability in Africa, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Green Growth Knowledge Platform, the Conservation International and the Capitals Coalition. 

The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON), the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) in collaboration with the UN Regional Commissions have organized a series of webinars to increase the understanding of the monitoring frame

NCAVES China Closing Workshop

The high-level launch of the project "Environmental-Economic Accounting for Evidence-Based Policy in the Philippines" is a collaborative effort between the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD).

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The government of Sudan is addressing land, natural resources degradation and poverty, as reported in the National Quarter-Century Strategy (2007-2031) and the National Adaptation Program of Action (NAPA). The country is prioritizing the reconstruction and protection of forest ecosystems, raising the environmental awareness and development of the forest industry. The National Biodiversity Strategy and Adaptation Plan (NBSAP) (2011-2020) also addresses rehabilitation of degraded ecosystems.

The high-level launch of the project "Environmental-Economic Accounting for Evidence-Based Policy in Senegal" which is a collaborative effort between the National Agency of Statistics and Demography of Senegal (ANSD) and the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD).

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 Centre for Climate Change (BC3), are launching a pioneering Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered application for rapid natural capital accounting:

The webinar is part of a series under the Africa Natural Capital Accounting Community of Practice organized in cooperation between UNSD and the World Bank Global Program on Sustainability, the Gaborone Declaration for Sustainability in Africa, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Green Growth Knowledge Platform, the Conservation International and the Capitals Coalition.