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Ecosystem Services: Accounting Standards

Science, 2013
In their Research Article “Bringing ecosystem services into economic decision making: Land use in the United Kingdom” (5 July, p. [45][1]), I. J. Bateman et al. demonstrate the importance of considering nonmarket ecosystem services in economic decision-making.
Carl, Obst, Bram, Edens, Lars, Hein
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Accountability for Data Governance in Cloud Ecosystems

2013 IEEE 5th International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science, 2013
Accountability has emerged as a critical concept related to data protection in cloud ecosystems. It is necessary to maintain chains of accountability across cloud ecosystems. This is to enhance the confidence in the trust that cloud actors have while operating in the cloud. This paper is concerned with accountability in the cloud.
Massimo Felici, Theofrastos Koulouris, Siani Pearson   +2 more
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Bridging the gap between ecosystem service indicators and ecosystem accounting in Finland [PDF]

Ecological Modelling, 2018
In this paper, we examine how progress on ecosystem service indicators could contribute to ecosystem accounting within the scope of environmental-economic accounting in Finland. We propose an integration framework and examine the integration of ecosystem
Tin-Yu Lai, Saija Koljonen, Laura Mononen   +2 more
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Progress on ecosystem accounting in Europe

Ecosystem Services, 2022
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Lange, Sabine, Campagne, Carole Sylvie, Comte, Adrien, Bank, Emily, Santos-Martín, Fernando, Maes, Joachim, Burkhard, Benjamin   +6 more
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BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ECOSYSTEM ACCOUNTING

EKONOMIKA I UPRAVLENIE: PROBLEMY, RESHENIYA, 2023
Due to the growing attention of society to the conservation of natural capital and ecosystem services, ecosystem accounting is becoming a significant tool for achieving sustainable development goals both at the national and international levels. Environmental accounting improves the way natural capital and ecosystem services are identified and valued ...
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Synergies and complementarities between ecosystem accounting and the Red List of Ecosystems

Nature Ecology & Evolution
Safeguarding biodiversity and human well-being depends on sustaining ecosystems. Two global standards for quantifying ecosystem change, the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Ecosystems (RLE) and the United Nations System of Environmental-Economic Accounting Ecosystem Accounting (EA), underpin headline indicators for the Kunming-
Hui Xiao, Amanda Driver, Andres Etter, David A. Keith, Carl Obst, Michael J. Traurig, Emily Nicholson   +6 more
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Accounting for the value of ecosystem services

Ecological Economics, 2002
Abstract A ‘value of ecosystem services’ (VES) may be calculated by multiplying a set of ecosystem services by a set of corresponding shadow prices. This paper examines the role of the VES concept in measuring trends in human well-being. Under conventional arguments from applied welfare economics, standard measures of market consumption may be ...
Richard B Howarth, Stephen Farber
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Accountability in Cloud Service Provision Ecosystems

2014
In data protection regulation since the 1980s, accountability has been used in the sense that the ‘data controller’ is responsible for complying with particular data protection legislation and, in most cases, is required to establish systems and processes which aim at ensuring such compliance.
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Accounting for Ecosystem Services in Business

2016
Firms have traditionally viewed biodiversity and ecosystem services (ES) as external constraints on their activities because of regulations and laws imposed on them. Companies have started accounting for ES to improve management practices and even restore natural capital.
Joël R. A. Houdet, John Finisdore, Julia Martin-Ortega, Helen Ding, John K. Maleganos, James Spurgeon, Tobias Hartmann, David Steuerman   +7 more
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Ecosystem extent accounts for Europe

Ecosystem Services, 2022
Jan-Erik Petersen, Emanuele Mancosu, Steven King   +2 more
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