Ecosystem services

In ecosystem and natural capital accounting: the benefits supplied by the functions of ecosystems and received by humanity and all elements of living systems, which support life systems on the planet. Ecosystem services consist of provisioning services, regulating and...

Ecosystem accounting

In ecosystem and natural capital accounting: a coherent framework for integrating measures of ecosystems and flows of services from them with measures of economic and other human activity [Section 3(c), PENCAS Act of 2024]

Ecosystem

In ecosystem and natural capital accounting: all living things in a given area, as well as their interactions with each other, and with their non-living environments (such as weather, earth, sun, soil, climate, atmosphere, water) [Section 3(b), PENCAS Act of...

Adjusted net savings

In ecosystem and natural capital accounting: the sum of the net national savings and education expenditure, and deduct [sic] natural resources such as energy, minerals, forest, water, soil, inland wetlands, coastal and marine areas, and fisheries, depletion, and...

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