Cited by 256Sustainable Development and Environmental PolicyLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesSustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis

Progress in natural capital accounting for ecosystems

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Hein, Lars, Bagstad, Kenneth J., Obst, Carl, Edens, Bram, Schenau, Sjoerd, Castillo, Gem, Soulard, Francois, Brown, Claire +5 more·2020·Science

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Global statistical standards are being developed

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  • The service 'maintaining rainfall patterns' is important to consider in ecosystem services studies, including those of IPBES and SEEA-EA.

    “Finally, our paper shows the importance of considering the service 'maintaining rainfall patterns' in ecosystem services studies including those of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and the System of Environmental Economic Accounting-Ecosystem Accounting (e.g.Hein et al 2020).”

    From The impact of deforestation on rainfall in Africa: a data-driven assessment (2021) · cites this paper as Hein et al 2020

    The passages available from our copy are bibliographic metadata (labeled Abstract, no page given), not discussion of ecosystem services. Searches for “maintaining rainfall patterns” and for rainfall or precipitation in relation to IPBES and SEEA-EA found no passage addressing the claim. (LLM, conf=0.72)

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  • This service is underestimated-it is not usually included in either ecosystem services assessments or accounting efforts.

    “This service is underestimated-it is not usually included in either ecosystem services assessments or accounting efforts.”

    From The impact of deforestation on rainfall in Africa: a data-driven assessment (2021) · cites this paper as Hein et al 2020

    The indexed passages contain bibliographic metadata rather than the paper’s discussion. Searches for an underestimated ecosystem service and its omission from assessments or accounts found no passage addressing the claim, so our copy cannot verify it. (LLM, conf=0.72)

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Authors
Hein, L., Bagstad, K. J., Obst, C., Edens, B., Schenau, S., Castillo, G., Soulard, F., Brown, C., Driver, A., Bordt, M., Steurer, A., Harris, R., & Caparrós, A.
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Venue
Science
Published
2020-01-31
Volume
367
Issue
6477
Pages
514-515
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W3003182401
Cited by
256
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 37 · 2025: 37 · 2024: 39 · 2023: 27 · 2022: 38 · 2021: 50 · 2020: 28
FWCI
39.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) (submittedVersion)
  • Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (submittedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
Keywords
natural capital accounting, ecosystem services, environmental accounting, ecosystem valuation
MeSH terms
Statistics as Topic, Ecosystem

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