Natural Capital

Natural Capital

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_capital

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Capitalism

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) v GDP as measurement of 'progress'

http://www.phys.org/news/2014-01-dethrone-gdp-national-success.html#inlRlv

http://www.naturalcapitaldeclaration.org/

http://www.naturalcapitaldeclaration.org/2012/08/global-footprint-network-supports-ncd/

http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/

http://NaturalCapitalProject.org

http://www.teebweb.org/

Ecological Footprint

http://www.worlddialogue.org/content.php?id=512

Natural Capital (financing)

http://bankofnaturalcapital.com/

Valuing natural capital systems +/- ecosystem services - http://www.phys.org/news/2014-05-environmental.html

http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/2012/06/20/massive-show-support-action-natural-capital-accounting-rio-summit

http://www.esd.ornl.gov/benefits_conference/nature_paper.pdf

Natural Capital Initiative

(FB) https://www.facebook.com/pages/Natural-Capital-Initiative/132253866809725

http://www.naturalcapitalinitiative.org.uk/links

http://www.naturalcapitalinitiative.org.uk/news/

"Business gets a US$7 trillion free lunch on nature each year”, citing a recent estimate by the Natural Capital Coalition that goods and services provided by the natural environment and not paid for by businesses are costing the global economy an estimated US$7.3 trillion, which equates to 13% of global economic output in 2009."

Natural Capital Mapping

Natural Capital (Mapping / Assessment app)

Google Outreach links with Suzuki Foundation / Prototype NatCap Mapping - Canada (video)

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http://www.davidsuzuki.org/publications/downloads/2011/REPORT--BC_natcap_policy_review_web.pdf

http://www.davidsuzuki.org/issues/wildlife-habitat/projects/natural-capital/

http://www.davidsuzuki.org/issues/wildlife-habitat/projects/natural-capital/what-is-natural-capital/

http://www.davidsuzuki.org/issues/wildlife-habitat/projects/natural-capital/putting-natural-capital-on-the-map/

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Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

Millenium Ecosystem Resources

United Nations Environment Programme / Division of Early Warning and Assessment

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Toward a Global Map of Natural Capital / UN

The concept of natural capital, which has its theoretical origins in the environmental economics of the 1990s, has experienced increased interest following the publication of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and the development of the ecosystem services approach.

In recent decades we have learned more about the ways in which nature provides vital life-support functions upon which we depend for our survival. The problem we face is that natural capital has been harvested or degraded at a rate that threatens to undermine both well-being and future economic growth (UNEP, 2007). Natural capital may be transformed to other types of capital, but even manufactured capital is formed from the resources found in nature.

The growing recognition that the environment plays a fundamental role in determining global economic outputs and human well-being has led to a range of responses, one of which is the integration of the value of natural capital into policy and decision making. As a consequence, governments around the world are grappling with how to better measure the success of their economies. Work is being carried out by the World Bank, OECD, UN, EEA and others on developing methods to incorporate natural capital into national accounts.

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Earth Systems Monitoring from Space

NASA Earth Observing System Data and Information System -- Maps