Experimental Biodiversity Accounting?
Thomas Brooks, Chief Scientist, IUCN
@IUCNscience
27 June 2019
SEEA EEA Forum of Experts, Glen Cove, NY
Work to date…
https://www.cbd.int/doc/publications/cbd-ts-77-en.pdfhttps://www.unep-wcmc.org/news/guidance-on-experimental-biodiversity-accounting-using-the-seea-eea-framework
Core structure of SEEA-EEA
Definition of “biodiversity”
https://www.cbd.int/convention/text/
Imperfect nestedness among levels of biodiversity
Smith et al. (2018) Nature Ecol Evol 2(12): 1889; Brooks et al. (2004) Conserv Biol 18: 1682–1688
Species level ecosystem services
Data availability (ecosystems)
https://iucnrle.org/
Data availability (species)
https://www.iucnredlist.org/
Spanning ~40,000 species
https://www.ipbes.net/global-assessment-biodiversity-ecosystem-services
Possible complementary structure – SEEA-ESA
SPECIES
Species
Species
Species
Possible complementary structure – SEEA-EBA
BIODIVERSITY ASSETS
State of
genetic
diversity
(1 & 2)
Ecosystem
asset (1) &
characteristics/
processes (2)
State of species
diversity
(1 & 2)
Biodiversity extent account – physical terms
Biodiversity condition account – physical terms
Science-based targets for the post-2020 biodiversity agenda
https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/files/report/2018/TheSustainableDevelopmentGoalsReport2018-EN.pdf; Maxwell et al. (2016) Nature
https://www.ibat-alliance.org/
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