TEEB-Russia: Towards National Ecosystem Accounting

Russia’s ecosystems and ecosystem services (ES) are critical not only for the country’s economy and well-being of the people but also for maintaining biodiversity and biosphere regulation around the world. Thus, the introduction of ecosystem accounting in Russia is an urgent national and internation...

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Published in:Sustainability 2021-06, Vol.13 (12), p.6678
Main Authors: Bukvareva, Elena, Grunewald, Karsten, Klimanova, Oxana, Kolbovsky, Evgeni, Shcherbakov, Andrey, Sviridova, Tatiana, Zamolodchikov, Dmitry
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accounting
Biodiversity
Biosphere
Cartography
Decision making
Economic development
Ecosystem management
Ecosystem services
Ecosystems
Environmental accounting
Environmental economics
Heterogeneity
Indicators
Plant diversity
Plant species
Species diversity
Sustainable development
Terrestrial environments
Vegetation
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Summary:Russia’s ecosystems and ecosystem services (ES) are critical not only for the country’s economy and well-being of the people but also for maintaining biodiversity and biosphere regulation around the world. Thus, the introduction of ecosystem accounting in Russia is an urgent national and international goal to which the TEEB-Russia project is dedicated. In this publication, we briefly review and discuss the main project results. Based on currently available open statistical and cartographic data, TEEB-Russia project conducted the first national assessment of terrestrial ES in Russia to derive methodological approaches to national ecosystem accounting. A range of indicators were used to assess the ES provided by ecosystems (potential) as well as the level of demand and consumption of ES by Russia’s regions, both for populations and economies. Indicators of ecosystem assets include extent (ecosystem size) and condition (productivity, phytomass, bird and plant species diversity). An analysis of the correlations between indicators of ES and ecosystem assets showed that a system of national ecosystem accounting in Russia should be regionally differentiated to take account of the strong heterogeneity of natural conditions and the socio-economic development at this level. Decision-making in spatial planning and ecosystem management should carefully consider the difference between causal relationships between indicators and correlations that arise from the simultaneous response of indicators to changes in other factors. Differences in relationships between indicators at different spatial scales should also be taken into account.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su13126678