Global Program on Sustainability

[Press Release] Uganda launches a national plan for NCA and the first set of land and water accounts

The Government of Uganda took a significant step in mainstreaming Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) by launching a national plan for NCA and the first set of land and water accounts.

IUCN motion supports natural capital accounting for biodiversity

In June 2020, thousands of leaders and decision-makers from government, civil society, indigenous peoples, business, and academia will come together for the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Marseille, France.

Putting biodiversity at the heart of IDA's work

When people talk about biodiversity, it is often through the lens of conservation and the survival of animal and plant species. But the value drawn from a healthy biosphere is much more than that.

The fourth Forum on Natural Capital Accounting for Better Policy brings together natural capital accounting and landscape communities

The Forum was held in Kampala on 18 and 19 November 2019 and it brought together over 100 high-level participants including government representatives from developing and developed countries, as well as organizations working on Natural Capital Accounting (NCA), environmental-economic policy, and sustainable landscape management to explore the options and potential benefits of bringing Integrated Landscape Management (ILM) and NCA closer together.

African nations convene to shape a Regional Community of Practice on Natural Capital Accounting

Representatives from 18 African countries met on November 21, 2019 in Kampala, Uganda and committed to create a new Community of Practice on Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) in Africa.