Definition(s)
Natural capital is defined as the stock of natural assets that provide society with renewable and non-renewable resources and a flow of ecosystem services, the latter being the benefits that ecosystems provide to people. It includes abiotic assets (e.g. fossil fuels, minerals, metals) and biotic assets (ecosystems that provide a flow of ecosystem services). The biotic component of natural capital is defined as ecosystem capital
(European Commission, 2013)
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French
comptabilité des ressources
Russian
учет ресурсов
Spanish
contabilidad de los recursos
Chinese, Simplified
资源核算
Arabic
المحاسبة المتعلقة بالموارد
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