Monetary ecosystem asset accounts
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Monetary ecosystem asset accounts record information on stocks and changes in stocks of ecosystem assets in monetary terms. These accounts consider the capacity of ecosystems to sustain flows of services, and estimate the value of these services using the net present value method.
Monetary ecosystem accounts are described in the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting - Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA - EA) statistical framework, but are not included in the portions adopted as an international statistical standard. Monetary ecosystem asset accounts are not a focus of the work currently being undertaken at Statistics Canada.
For further details on monetary ecosystem asset accounting, see the United Nations System of Environmental-Economic Accounting - Ecosystem Accounting manual, Chapter 10.
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