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7th Global Policy Forum on Natural Capital

The 7th Global Policy Forum on Natural Capital, Implementing the Global Biodiversity Framework: Leveraging Natural Capital Data, Accounting and Analysis to Inform Policies, will take place in Kagali, Rwanda

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Africa Natural Capital Accounting Policy Forum 2023

The Forum aims to provide participants with a platform to discuss the use of natural capital approaches, including natural capital accounting (NCA), and the challenges and opportunities in using natural capital data, tools and analysis to inform and support policies in African countries.

Africa NCA CoP Nairobi Declaration Statement and Call to Action

Events

Integrating the Value of Natural Capital into Policy and Investment Decisions for Economic Development
May 25, 2023

Improving Data and Analytics for Sustainable Forest Management in Nepal, May 17, 2023

The Quest for Green GDP, April 20, 2023

Sumidero Canyon, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico

Forum for the Exchange of Knowledge on the Valuation of Ecosystem Services: The Cases of Mexico, Uganda and Zambia, March 2, 2023

Strengthening Ghana’s Capacity to Measure and Value Natural Capital, November 11, 2022

Strengthening the Capacity for Measuring and Valuing Natural Capital in Ghana, October 26, 2022

Renewable Energy: Unaccounted Wealth of Nations, October 19, 2022

Improving Natural Capital Management
in Lao PDR, September 8, 2022

Africa Natural Capital Accounting Using the System of Environmental Economic Accounting (SEEA): The Kenyan Story, August 30, 2022

Natural Capital Accounts in Zambia, July 26, 2022

Indonesia’s Mangroves for the World, Best Practices in Mangroves Management, June 27, 2022

Using Ecosystem Services Valuation to Strengthen Integrated Landscape Management in Mexico’s Watersheds, June 21, 2022

Green China Research Flagship Seminar, June 20, 2022

Africa Natural Capital Accounting Community of Practice - Webinar

Towards Fast, Transparent, Standardized and Customizable Ecosystem Account s, May 5, 2022

Protecting East Africa’s Natural Capital: The Cost of Inaction, September 30, 2021

The Fourth Forum on Natural Capital Accounting for Better Policy, November 18-19, 2019

WAVES contributes to the Low Carbon Growth Initiative for Indonesia, July 26, 2019

Indonesia WAVES Completes First Phase on a High Note, July 26, 2019

Saudi Arabia starts work on accounting for its natural capital, February 18-20, 2019

Countries share their journey on being front-runners in valuing their natural capital, November 28-29, 2018

WAVES is Expanding - Egypt and Morocco Join as Core Implementing Countries

Africa Natural Capital Accounting Community of Practice

Other Events

Embedding Ecosystems Services into Policy (EESP) Training Program

This program aims to deliver tailored capacity-building to support governments translate biophysical analyses into financial and economic feasibility and trade-off analyses that can inform policy development and planning processes

GPS Seminar Series

The latest knowledge on how policy makers and the financial sector can integrate environmental sustainability considerations into decision making.

Africa Natural Capital Accounting Policy Forum 2023

The Africa Natural Capital Accounting Policy Forum on Using Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) And Analysis to Inform Policies for Development, Climate Change and Nature Protection

Africa Natural Capital Accounting Community of Pracice (NCA-CoP)

Supporting cooperation, collaboration, and coordination, of African countries in mainstreaming natural capital into decision making processes via knowledge sharing events