Ecosystem natural capital accounting: The landscape approach at a territorial watershed scale.

ABSTRACT: Most approaches to estimate ecological value use monetary valuation. Here, we propose a different framework accounting ecological value in biophysical terms. More specifically, we are implementing the ecosystem natural capital accounting framework as an operational adaptation and extension of the UN System of Economic and Environmental Accounting/Ecosystem Accounting. The proof-of-concept study was carried out at the Rhône river watershed scale (France). Four core accounts evaluate land use, water and river condition, bio-carbon content of various stocks of biomass and its uses, and the state of ecosystem infrastructure. Integration of the various indicators allows measuring ecosystems overall capability and their degradation. The 12-year results are based on spatial-temporal geographic in

SUBMITTER: Arguello J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10095874 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature