The Accidental Accountant. Squaring the ledger with the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting
Australian National University
Joined February 2013
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#MakeNatureCount with a #NaturalCapitalBank. Read about it @naturesustainab rdcu.be/cnZPK @ANUFennerSchool
Natural capital must not be left out of 21st century discussions on productivity #MakeNatureCount @RossGittins theconversation.com/were-sti…
Biodiversity market doublespeak | Science | For biodiversity markets to work for conservation, then we must do it properly, paying attention to the detail and learning from the past. science.org/doi/full/10.1126… @1RossGittins @1petermartin
Biodiversity markets and conservation doublespeak . If we are going to make markets for consenservation we have to do it properly and learn from the past | Science science.org/doi/full/10.1126…
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Measuring What Matters
The headline result has to be that the threatened species index shows a decline of 55% from a 1985 baseline to 2019.
This is a shocking number.
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Don’t think this is rational – it’s a mad, mad world
It’s irrational & perverse; scientists have been forecasting these consequences for decades. Now climate change has water lapping at our doors
Doing nothing is not rational. It is complex
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Valuing water is hard and context specific. A good read from Sarah Wheeler on the 'social cost of water', and the example of the Murray-Darling Basin in Australia. theconversation.com/the-murr… via @ConversationEDU
Systematically assessing the effectiveness of biodiversity conservation laws is something that should be of interest to us all. Can #NaturalCapital accounting help? It certainly has the potential but it will take work @SusFarms_ANU @ANUFennerSchool #SEEA sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Have you ever read a paper (or seen a talk) where you feel the author is reading your mind?
Like any concern is immediately addressed right after it crosses your mind?
I think that is a hallmark of great writing, and I have a theory about it.
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Out overnight the conservation (or not) of the critically endangered Box-gum grassy woodlands with #NaturalCapital accounting #SEEA #MakeNatureCount #EPBAct sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Sydney Harbours or fully loaded aircraft carriers. Is either a good metric for water volume in a world of climate change and sea level rise? @davidlimesalt has some thoughts. #MakeNatureCount
The first casualty – do we really want a war with Mother Nature?
“We're at war with Mother Nature,” screamed the NY Gov. “And she's been hitting us with everything she has.”
Be careful about what you wish for.
In war, chaos reigns.
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It is great that people like @peterburnettanu are keeping across the detail and distilling the substance from parliamentary processes. Many questions on environmental information, #NaturalCapitalAccounting and #SEEA. Time for coordination and cooperation not competition
Environment Senate Budget Estimates 2023
Much activity but difficult to tell if it will make a difference
The good news is the recent years of inactivity are over
The bad news is that it will take time to generate fresh momentum
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How to make sure ‘nature positive’ doesn’t become ‘toxic nature positivity’ - @megcevans calling out worrying interpretations of an important concept @EIANZorg
Great to see #naturalcapital accounting recognised as useful in another context #MakeNatureCount
Excellent development, the G7 Science and Technology Ministerial Meeting concludes-
"..Scientific innovation connecting biological and physical science and economics, should support the measurement, within official statistics, of natural capital accounts..." @andersen_inger @UNEP_NYO @UNDESA @WBG_Environment @IMFNews @hmtreasury @SCMGardner @dlrpretoria @EliFenichel @UNDESA @Economy4Health @cmrodrigueze @NavidHanif_UN @pedrotconceicao @HDRUNDP @KavehZahedi2030 @IPBES @UNEP @UNEP_NAmerica @UNEP_AsiaPac @UNEP_FI
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What the budget means for nature by @sbekessy @BrenWintle @RAMorgain:
Australia’s threatened species and ecosystems will not survive more funding neglect. It’s time to question our national priorities, and start funding the environment that sustains us.
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Another great blog from @peterburnettanu.
It's not just the law that's complex, the accounting is too. I could not figure out the assets and counterpart liabilities and I had many questions in my comments on the Bill. #MakeNatureCount researchgate.net/publication…
$78 Billion from a Nature repair market? Seriously? Plibersek’s Nature Repair Market Bill 2023
At the end of the day, the market created by this bill is artificial and complicated.
More importantly, the business case looks rubbery
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For all those interested in #NaturalCapitalAccounting and #SEEA enrolments are open for the annual course @ANUFennerSchool and @ABSStats. Come and join us in Canberra in June 19-23 and learn from some of the best in the business to #MakeNatureCount
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What is needed for biodiversity markets to #MakeNatureCount? Hint: accounting has something to do with it but more is needed. Read more @ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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What does #naturalcapitalaccounting for a small Island state look like?
For the Government of the Republic of the #Maldives, Step 1 was gathering data on the ecosystem condition of #coralreefs & #mangroveforests at Laamu Atoll last month 🌴📐
@MoEnvmv #OceanAccounts #SEEAEA
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What can water accounting tell you about the massive fish kill in the Murray Darling Basin?
While a bankrupt business is bad, a bankrupt bank of natural capital is worse
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Mismanagement and stranded assets. How can water accounting reduce the risk? #NaturalCapital #SEEA #MakeNatureCount globalwaterforum.org/2023/04…