Philippines

Pilot Ecosystem Account

for Southern Palawan in Philippines

In the WAVES Technical Report for the Pilot of Southern Ecosystem Accounts (2016b), the work plan includes implementing SEEA and establishing ecosystem accounts for two pilot sites, one for Southern Palawan and one for Laguna Lake Basin.

According to the report, the Southern Palawan Ecosystem Accounts consist of five accounts:

land account,
carbon account,
ecosystem asset account,
ecosystem service use and supply account, and
ecosystem condition account.

Project Outputs

Data from those accounts revealed a reduction in deforestation and “potentially reversed” deforestation in Southern Palawan, where those forests are crucial carbon sinks. However, it also uncovered a “drastic” decline in mangrove forests and coral reef ecosystems.

This initiative demonstrates the value of NCA as a tool to aid conservation policies. Translating the value ecosystems provide into monetary terms, closes the gap of appealing the importance of ecosystem protection to policy.

Case Studies

Philippines

Pilot Ecosystem Account

for Southern Palawan in Philippines

In the WAVES Technical Report for the Pilot of Southern Ecosystem Accounts (2016b), the work plan includes implementing SEEA and establishing ecosystem accounts for two pilot sites, one for Southern Palawan and one for Laguna Lake Basin.

According to the report, the Southern Palawan Ecosystem Accounts consist of five accounts:

land account,
carbon account,
ecosystem asset account,
ecosystem service use and supply account, and
ecosystem condition account.

Project Outputs

Data from those accounts revealed a reduction in deforestation and “potentially reversed” deforestation in Southern Palawan, where those forests are crucial carbon sinks. However, it also uncovered a “drastic” decline in mangrove forests and coral reef ecosystems.

This initiative demonstrates the value of NCA as a tool to aid conservation policies. Translating the value ecosystems provide into monetary terms, closes the gap of appealing the importance of ecosystem protection to policy.

Case Studies

Philippines

Pilot Ecosystem Account

for Southern Palawan in Philippines

In the WAVES Technical Report for the Pilot of Southern Ecosystem Accounts (2016b), the work plan includes implementing SEEA and establishing ecosystem accounts for two pilot sites, one for Southern Palawan and one for Laguna Lake Basin.

According to the report, the Southern Palawan Ecosystem Accounts consist of five accounts:

land account,
carbon account,
ecosystem asset account,
ecosystem service use and supply account, and
ecosystem condition account.

Project Outputs

Data from those accounts revealed a reduction in deforestation and “potentially reversed” deforestation in Southern Palawan, where those forests are crucial carbon sinks. However, it also uncovered a “drastic” decline in mangrove forests and coral reef ecosystems.

This initiative demonstrates the value of NCA as a tool to aid conservation policies. Translating the value ecosystems provide into monetary terms, closes the gap of appealing the importance of ecosystem protection to policy.

Case Studies

Philippines

Pilot Ecosystem Account

for Southern Palawan in Philippines

In the WAVES Technical Report for the Pilot of Southern Ecosystem Accounts (2016b), the work plan includes implementing SEEA and establishing ecosystem accounts for two pilot sites, one for Southern Palawan and one for Laguna Lake Basin.

According to the report, the Southern Palawan Ecosystem Accounts consist of five accounts:

land account,
carbon account,
ecosystem asset account,
ecosystem service use and supply account, and
ecosystem condition account.

Project Outputs

Data from those accounts revealed a reduction in deforestation and “potentially reversed” deforestation in Southern Palawan, where those forests are crucial carbon sinks. However, it also uncovered a “drastic” decline in mangrove forests and coral reef ecosystems.

This initiative demonstrates the value of NCA as a tool to aid conservation policies. Translating the value ecosystems provide into monetary terms, closes the gap of appealing the importance of ecosystem protection to policy.