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Testing Ecosystem Accounting in the United States: A case study for the Southeast (NESP)
Citation:
Bagsted, K., K. Warnell, C. Rhodes, AND M. Russell. Testing Ecosystem Accounting in the United States: A case study for the Southeast (NESP). NESP Webinar, NA, N/A, May 21, 2020. https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.14687148
Impact/Purpose:
This webinar presentation details the first effort to develop ecosystem accounts for the U.S. at a broad scale.
Description:
The presentation describes the potential for U.S. ecosystem accounting and explains pilot accounts for a 10-state region in the Southeast. The pilot accounts address air quality, water quality, biodiversity, carbon storage, recreation, and pollination for selected years from 2001 to 2015. Authors will explain how results can contribute to policy and decision making and describe a case study from Atlanta to show how ecosystem accounts can help give a more complete picture of a local area’s environmental-economic trends. Knowledge gaps that limit the inclusion of certain ecosystem services in the accounts and suggestions for future research that can close these gaps will also be discussed.
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DOI: Testing Ecosystem Accounting in the United States: A case study for the Southeast (NESP)
NESP ECOSYSTEM ACCOUNTS WEBINAR_KB_MJR.PDF (PDF, NA pp, 2942.996 KB, about PDF)