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Natural capital accounting, or environmental accounting, uses traditional accounting methods to record and organise data about the environment and link it to economic and financial information. This collection provides introductory information about natural capital accounting, enabling frameworks, and practical guidance. 

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An overview of natural capital accounting

An introduction to natural capital accounting for NRM organisations
Video · 27:06 · 2023 · IDEEA Group

IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions: first edition

A user-friendly framework for the verification, design and scaling up of nature-based solutions
Framework · 2020 · International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

CoastAdapt

CoastAdapt is an information delivery and decision support framework, for anyone coastal climate change risks, and response options.
Tools · 2017 · National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF)
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Nature-led Community Resilience (NLCR) Toolkit

The toolkit outlines why Nature Led Community Resilience activities are effective, providing resources and stories of how others have done it.
Tools · 2024 · Arthur Rylah Institute
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The Australian guide to nature-based methods for reducing risk from coastal hazards

Guideline for nature-based methods specific to Australian coastal systems
Report · 2021 · NESP Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub and National Centre for Coasts and Climate
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Natural capital accounting – an overview

An introduction to Natural Capital Accounting for the natural resource management (NRM) sector
Fact sheet · 2023 · NRM Regions Australia

Natural capital accounting – Decluttering the natural capital space

A quick guide through the most prominent natural capital related projects
Report · 2023 · NRM Regions Australia

A Natural Capital Roadmap: Understanding and using natural capital accounting

An overview of IDEEA Group's natural capital roadmap process
Fact sheet · 2023 · IDEEA Group

System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012 – Central Framework

A report detailing the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) central framework
2014 · United Nations

Environmental Economic Accounting: A common national approach Strategy and Action Plan 2018

Guidance on Australia's common national approach to environmental-economic accounting
2018 · Inter-jurisdictional Environmental-Economic Accounting Steering Committee for the Meeting of Environment Ministers

The Natural Capital Handbook – A practical guide to corporate natural capital accounting, assessment, risk assessment and reporting 2023

A practical guide to corporate natural capital accounting, assessment, risk assessment and reporting
Report · 2023 · CSIRO

National Ecosystem Accounts, experimental estimates

A publication detailing Australia’s first National Ecosystem Account
Report · 2025 · Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Natural Capital Measurement Catalogue

An open resource to identify suitable metrics, methods and data sources for measuring natural capital
Guidelines · 2024 · Climateworks
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NCA Learning Case Studies Stage One Report

This report describes the activities of phase 1 of the NCALCS project
Report · 2021 · Integrated Futures Pty Ltd

Natural Capital Accounting – Learning Case Studies Phase 1

This report describes the activities of phase 1 of the NCALCS project.
Report · 2021 · Integrated Futures Pty Ltd

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