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

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...

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Autores principales: Argüello, Jazmin, Weber, Jean-Louis, Negrutiu, Ioan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10095874/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37077965
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/qpb.2022.11
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author Argüello, Jazmin
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description 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 information and local statistics. Increasing levels of intensity of use are registered over time, that is, the extraction of resources surpasses renewal. We find that agriculture and land artificialisation are the main drivers of natural capital degradation.
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spelling pubmed-100958742023-04-18 Ecosystem natural capital accounting: The landscape approach at a territorial watershed scale Argüello, Jazmin Weber, Jean-Louis Negrutiu, Ioan Quant Plant Biol Citizen Science 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 information and local statistics. Increasing levels of intensity of use are registered over time, that is, the extraction of resources surpasses renewal. We find that agriculture and land artificialisation are the main drivers of natural capital degradation. Cambridge University Press 2022-11-02 /pmc/articles/PMC10095874/ /pubmed/37077965 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/qpb.2022.11 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full_unstemmed Ecosystem natural capital accounting: The landscape approach at a territorial watershed scale
title_short Ecosystem natural capital accounting: The landscape approach at a territorial watershed scale
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10095874/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37077965
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/qpb.2022.11
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