Expert Meeting on Ecosystem Accounts | System of Environmental Economic Accounting

Documents

Documents for the Meeting

Organization of Work

Outcomes of the 1st Meeting of the SEEA Editorial Board on SEEA Experimental Ecosystem Accounts

Minutes of the Expert Meeting on Ecosystem Accounts in London, UK, December 2011

List of issues for discussion

Papers and Presentations for the Meeting

Outline of SEEA Experimental Ecosystem Accounts

Draft Outline for SEEA Experimental Ecosystem Accounts

Structure for SEEA Ecosystem Accounts

The "DACH" Approach for Ecosystem Services Accounting: Recommendations for Integrating ES in National Accounting (B. Schweppe-Kraft, A. Hauser, N. Merky, E. Schwaiger and M. Nagy)

Discussion on Chapter 2 (Rocky Harris)

Ecosystem Services Measurement and Accounting

Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services: Issues Arising from the London Expert Meeting (R. Haines-Young)

Accounting for ecosystem services in physical terms: Some issues for discussion (A. Alfieri)

Integrated Ecosystem Capital Accounts of Europe 2000-2010: Accounts in physical units and in ECU

Carbon Accounting

A Carbon Asset Accounting Framework and Data Population (J. Ajani)

Carbon Accounts: Issues Arising from the London Expert Meeting (R. Haines-Young)

Issue 5: Carbon accounting

Biodiversity Accounting

Biodiversity Accounts and Indices (P.A. Garnåsjordet, J. McDonald, P. Cosier, B. ten Brink, A. Saltelli, B. Magnusson, S. Nybø, O. Skarpaas, and I. Aslaksen)

Proposed Biodiversity Accounting in Australia (J. McDonald, P. Gibbons, S. Bond, A. Cadogan-Cowper, J. Ovington and M. Vardon)

Natural Capital in Germany: State and Valuation with special reference to Biodiversity (B. Schweppe-Kraft)

The making of the biodiversity/species index for LEAC/Ecosystem capital accounts in Europe, using the « Art.17 » reporting data

Biodiversity Accounting

Units and Scaling of the Accounts

Land Cover Mapping, Land Cover Classification and Accounting Units (L. Kolttola, M. Bordt, D. Clarke, R. Mount, S.S. Kumar, S. Uhde, A. De Gregorio)

Units and scaling of the accounts (R. Mount)

Capacity and Condition Measures and Degradation

Environmental Conditions Questions

Valuation in Ecosystem Accounts

The Realisation of Economic Valuation: Practical examples of valuation exercises (B. Schweppe-Kraft)

Environmental accounting in public administration

Sequence of the Accounts, Aggregation and Integration

Two Options for Recording Ecosystem Services in Sequence of Account (B. Edens and M. de Haan)

Sequence of the accounts; aggregation and integration

Background Documents by Issues

ISSUE 1 Policy Applications

Draft Outcome Paper on Policy Applications (J. Wang, S. Uhde, M. Bordt)

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB): Policy Applications of Ecosystem Accounts (P. ten Brink)

ISSUE 2 Structure of the accounts

Defining Accounting Structures for Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services (C. Obst)

Towards an Integrated Structure for SEEA Ecosystem Stock and Flow Accounts (M. Vardon, M. Eigenraam, J. McDonald, R. Mount, A. Cadogan-Cowper)

An Experimental Framework for Simplified Ecosystem Capital Accounts (J.L. Weber)

ISSUE 3 Land cover mapping, land cover classification and accounting units

Land Cover Mapping, Land Cover Classification and Accounting Units (Leo Kolttola, Michael Bordt, Daniel Clarke, Richard Mount, S. Suresh Kumar, Stéphanie Uhde, Antonio De Gregorio)

Land Cover Mapping in Canada with Respect to Ecosystem Accounting (P. Adams, M. Bordt, G. Filoso, and G. Gagnon)

Ecosystem Statistical and Accounting Units, Land Cover, Remote Sensing and Adjustments (R. Mount, B. Allison, P. Tickle, V. Bordas)

Definition and Classification of the Socio-Ecological Landscape Unit (J.L. Weber)

Accounting Units for Ecosystem Accounts (A. Alfieri, D. Clarke, I. Havinga)

Land Cover Classification for Ecosystem Accounting (A. di Gregorio, G. Jaffrain, J.L. Weber)

ISSUE 4 Carbon Accounts

Soil Literature Review (L. Hein)

Carbon Stock Accounts (J. Ajani)

Accounting for Carbon in the National Accounting Framework: A Note on Methodology (H. Gundimeda)

Constructing the NPP and Biomass Accounts and Ecosystem Carbon Balance Index: A Methodological Note (E. Ivanov, R. Haines-Young, J.L. Weber)

Greenhouse Gas Reporting in Carbon Accounting of SEEA Ecosystem Accounts (J. Muukkonen)

Provision of Ecosystem Services by Soil Resources (R. Vargas Rojas)

ISSUE 5 Landscape accounts and landscape ecological potential

Issue paper on Landscape accounts and Landscape Ecological Potential (J. L. Weber)

ISSUE 6 Biodiversity Accounts

Key Concepts for Accounting for Biodiversity (J. McDonald)

Developing a Diagnostic Species and Biotope Index for Europe (E. Ivanov, R. Haines-Young, J.L. Weber)

Issue Paper on Biodiversity Accounts and Indices: Some Comments on the Difference between the Australian and Norwegian Approaches (P.A. Garnåsjordet)

ISSUE 7 Ecosystem Health/Total Ecological Potential

Accounting for the Condition of Environmental Assets (P. Cosier)

ISSUE 8 Classification of Ecosystem Services

Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services (CICES): 2011 Update (R. Haines-Young and M. Potschin)

Classification and Prioritization of Ecosystem Services (S. Maynard and S. Cork)

ISSUE 9 Criteria for Ecosystem Services in Ecosystem Accounts

Criteria and Tentative Ranking of Ecosystem Services for Inclusion in Ecosystem Accounting (L. Hein)

Prioritization of Ecosystem Services for Ecosystem Accounting (L. Hein)

Prioritization of Ecosystem Services for Ecosystem Accounting (R. Haines-Young)

ISSUE 10 Principles of Monetary Valuation

Monetary Valuation in Ecosystem Accounts: Key Challenges and Potential Responses (L. Hein)

Monetary Valuation for Ecosystem Accounting (M. Pittini)

Valuation of ecosystem goods and services in Victoria, Australia (M. Eigenraam, M. Vardon, J. Hasker, G. Stoneham, J. Chua)

Some Notes on Prospects for Including Natural Lands as Sources of Ecosystem Services in National Accounts (R.D. Simpson)

Event Date

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 - 9:00am to Friday, 18 May 2012 - 5:00pm