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Natural capital encompasses the world's living and non-living natural assets. It forms the basis for environmental and economic life through natural resource production and the provision of ecosystem services. Natural resources are the foundation of social and economic development. Given the critical role they play in maintaining biodiversity and enabling green economic growth, safeguarding such assets could not be more pressing.
To incorporate natural capital into national green growth planning, it is critical for decision-makers to have access to information that reflects the quality, quantity and spatial configuration of natural capital assets. The utility of natural capital analysis for policymaking is ultimately dependent on the availability of information, which can be provided through data platforms and tools.
The GGKP’s Natural Capital Expert Group is currently exploring state-of-the-art methods, models, data and tools for mainstreaming natural capital in national green growth policies and practices. The group is leveraging global momentum for green growth in order to better value, protect and enhance natural capital in national economic decision-making.
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How can natural capital information add value to traditional environmental and social impact assessment in infrastructure projects?
For years, researchers have produced accurate techniques to track where people are damaging, protecting and restoring the world’s 1.03 billion hectares of primary tropical forests, which are vital tools to store carbon and protect biodiversity. But current monitoring systems fall short: They simply aren’t detecting trees outside of these closed-canopy forests.
Fortunately, a solution is here. Preliminary tree cover data developed by WRI shows where billions of these trees — previously invisible to governments, investors and the public — are growing across 1.4 billion hectares of Africa and Latin America.
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Mark and Focus, Vol 4, Issue 2
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Nature-based Solutions for Water Security
A new report from the World Bank has shown that economic growth is not sustainable unless renewable natural capital and human capital are treated with the same importance as traditional economic growth.
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Ecosystems Mitigating Climate Change
Developing the Blue Economy
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In addition to COP26 in Glasgow at the end of October, today, world leaders are gathering in Kunming, China and virtually for the first phase of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15). Here's a quick recap of what you need to know about this Conference and what to expect from it.
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San Francisco Greening its Streets