Nine Things We Can Learn from Forest Accounts

Managing forests to deliver all of their benefits is not simple. To make good decisions, researchers and practitioners need high-quality, consistent, and accessible forest data. Natural capital accounting is one way to measure the value of nature in terms that align with how governments currently measure economic activity. Pilot forest accounts are one of the first steps in tracking ecosystems services, demonstrating how accounts can be created using available data and determining what questions they can help answer.