Introducing
natural capital accounting
HOW can WE make
better decisions
for people and planet?
The INCASE project - Irish Natural Capital Accounting for Sustainable Environments - aims to find out.
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INCASE is the first project of its kind in Ireland, aiming to:
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MAP
ASSESS
MEASURE
account for
the benefits that nature provides to people
Ireland’s environment is a priceless asset that we all depend on for food, water, air, energy, inspiration, beauty and wonder.
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We all impact on it, too: our way of life is the major driver of climate change, biodiversity loss, and water, soil and air pollution.
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Integrated, evidence-based solutions are urgently needed to inform policy and support decision-making that recognises nature’s limits and enables us to live within them.
Natural Capital Accounting is one such potential solution. A new approach, it seeks to connect ecosystems and the benefits they provide to people with the beneficiaries, using methods familiar to statistics and economics.
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Our project, INCASE, combines the skills of natural scientists, economists and statisticians to account for nature's benefits to people so that we can take stock of what we have in a way that helps everyone to better understand nature's importance, and to manage it in a more sustainable way.
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ABOUT THE PROJECT
our team
We are a multi-disciplinary team, with specialists in ecology, freshwater biology, economics, statistics, accounting and agriculture.
Prof Jane Stout
Trinity College Dublin
assoc. Prof stephen kinsella
university of limerick
Assoc. Prof Mary kelly-quinn
university college dublin
Prof Cathal O'Donoghue
NUI Galway
orlaith delargy
irish forum on natural capital
carl obst
ideea group
Mark eigenraam
IDEEA GROUP
Dr Catherine Farrell
Trinity college dublin
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