Linking ecosystem accounting to environmental planning and management: Opportunities and barriers using a case study from the Australian Capital Territory

Chen, Yuqing; Vardon, Michael; Keith, Heather; Dijk, Albert I. J. M. van; Doran, Bruce

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2023.02.014

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“…Workers disagree with their company's level of verification (47%), as evidenced in Figure 1, which shows that the organisation has problems with respect to carrying out a correct inspection of the results obtained and promoting continuous improvement based on the data collected from the environmental management strategies, so it is necessary to use the PDCA strategy to promote the creation of improvement plans that have a review system that allows determining the functionality of the strategies in the long term. In that way, Romero et al [21] and Agüeria et al [23] indicate that verification has a fundamental role in the success of a project because it is a process that ensures that the activities carried out are carried out efficiently, avoiding a waste of time and money through four techniques: inspection, demonstration, testing and analysis of the results. Similarly, Sargunan et al [22] point out that verification is an important stage in the management of a project because it ensures that the final results are as expected, and generates long-term benefits such as the continuous improvement of the processes and strategies applied.…”

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“…It is important to note that the verification dimension of the same variable differs from other dimensions because it is based on the identification and evaluation of results. Concerning this, Romero et al [21] state that verification is a process that aims to ensure that a certain activity is satisfactorily performed, so four techniques have been developed to accomplish this task: inspection, demonstration, testing and analysis. Furthermore, Sargunan et al [22] point out that verification is one of the most important stages of a project, as it ensures that the final results are as expected and provides long-term benefits such as the continuous improvement of the processes and strategies applied.…”

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Evaluation of Environmental Management and Conservation of Natural Resources in Tourism Enterprises in Ayacucho, Peru: Workers’ Perceptions

Luque¹,

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Nowadays, it is important to promote environmental management in organisations so that natural resources are subject to a conservation process that allows them to be maintained over time. In addition, this is a good way to increase the environmental awareness of the different actors in society. Therefore, the objective of this study is to evaluate the perceptions of workers concerning the relationship between environmental management and the conservation of natural resources in tourism companies in Ayacucho, located in the Andean region of Peru. The research is of a basic type, with a quantitative approach and a non-experimental, correlational-exploratory design. The survey technique was used and the data-collection instrument was a questionnaire addressed to 600 workers on environmental management, with the dimensions of planning, implementation and operation and verification; and on conservation of natural resources, with the dimensions of biodiversity monitoring and consolidation of the protected area. The results show that 39% of workers disagree with the planning of their company, 47% neither agree nor disagree with the operations of their company and the implementation of its projects and 47% disagree with their company’s methods of assessing the success of its operations. These results show that an environmental management model should be proposed to improve the conservation of natural resources and to contribute to the revaluation of resources and the promotion of biodiversity protection in order to create environmental awareness in society.

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Evaluation of Environmental Management and Conservation of Natural Resources in Tourism Enterprises in Ayacucho, Peru: Workers’ Perceptions

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Pacheco²,

Ccama³

et al. 2023

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“…Some of the monitoring data to support biodiversity initiatives can be extracted from satellite imagery, such as spatiotemporal changes in vegetation cover, although our experience shows considerable ground-truthing is essential to reconcile classification errors (e.g. Chen et al 2023). However, much of the key biodiversity monitoring data will need to be gathered by people working on the ground (as satellites will not tell us which reptile or bird species occur in a particular area).…”

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“…Chen et al . 2023). However, much of the key biodiversity monitoring data will need to be gathered by people working on the ground (as satellites will not tell us which reptile or bird species occur in a particular area).…”

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The business of biodiversity – What is needed for biodiversity markets to work

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Young³

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Summary There has been considerable discussion in Australia about market‐based initiatives with the potential to bring effective incentives and greater investment for farmers and other land managers to promote biodiversity conservation. These initiatives include biodiversity trading markets (also termed the nature repair market), stewardship schemes, certification programmes, sustainability frameworks, and natural capital accounting. We welcome these discussions and believe these initiatives would be true advances if they bring much greater investment in conservation and stronger protection and recovery of biodiversity. However, we also have major concerns about the integrity and scientific credibility of some of these initiatives. In this article, we discuss why it is critical that such initiatives both carefully define biodiversity and determine what elements of biodiversity are to be targeted in conservation efforts. We also discuss the fundamental importance of appropriate and agreed biodiversity metrics, as well as the critical need for rigorous, well designed and independent biodiversity monitoring. To ensure that initiatives like biodiversity trading markets, stewardship schemes, certification programmes, sustainability frameworks and natural capital accounting are rigorous, non‐corruptible and actually deliver what they are intended to do, they will need to be underpinned by appropriate programme designs. This includes robust and transparent governance structures, high‐quality monitoring and timely reporting of key metrics.

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“…The objective is to quantify and monitor the contribution of ecosystems to human well-being, to measure the extent and condition of ecosystems services and to improve economic performance whilst protecting ecosystems services (Comte et al, 2022). However, as Chen et al (2023) stressed, there are only few cases of application of SEEA to public policy or planning and SEEA-EEA is still experimental.…”

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The purpose of this research is to provide an urban governance framework that can aid decision-makers to transition cities towards more sustainability and resilience. Our premise is that such transition will take time, iterations and adaptations and will benefit from using a governance framework that is both participatory and that also highlights the ecological, economic and social dimensions of sustainability all at once. In order to do so, we suggest considering the city itself as an ecosystem that delivers environmental functions (production, sink, amenity and regulation) through its activities. Using an accounting representation that links urban activities to these functions, we are then advocating building sustainable urban strategies based on the protection of these functions and on minimising non-re-usable waste or by-products. Encouraging such circularity requires negotiation amongst stakeholders who need to know how production processes could be connected to minimise the overall generation of waste. It also promotes cooperation amongst producers and consumers, and generates collective learning and co-creation. The article shows that adopting an ecosystemic representation can help in understanding circularity as a regenerative approach that goes beyond an accounting balancing exercise. We suggest to integrate design thinking to enhance negotiations based on the information provided by the accounts. The research illustrates how such method could be operationalised by focusing on food system activities, stakeholders, and security as core to urban resilience, using Lisbon Metropolitan Area food strategy as a case study.

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Linking ecosystem accounting to environmental planning and management: Opportunities and barriers using a case study from the Australian Capital Territory

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Evaluation of Environmental Management and Conservation of Natural Resources in Tourism Enterprises in Ayacucho, Peru: Workers’ Perceptions

Evaluation of Environmental Management and Conservation of Natural Resources in Tourism Enterprises in Ayacucho, Peru: Workers’ Perceptions

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