The concept of natural capital
The concept of natural capital
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DOI：
10.1093/oxrep/gry028
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发表时间：
2019-03-01
影响因子：
6.8
通讯作者：
Barbier, Edward B.
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作者：
Barbier, Edward B.
自然环境现在通常被视为资本资产或自然资本的一种形式。还包括为经济提供重要商品和服务的生态系统。管理自然资本对可持续发展具有影响。然而，有对比弱和强的可持续发展观点，这反过来又对绿色会计的影响。以自然资源为基础的主权财富基金已成为一种关键的金融工具，通过扩大整个经济体的投资来补偿资源贬值。最近的科学证据建议划定安全操作空间，以限制对关键全球生物物理子系统或过程的利用。这些挑战表明，自然资本的概念对于健全的政策至关重要。
The natural environment is now commonly viewed as a form of capital asset, or natural capital. Also included are ecosystems that provide important goods and services to the economy. Managing natural capital has consequences for sustainable development. However, there are contrasting weak versus strong sustainability views, which in turn have implications for green' accounting. Natural resource-based sovereign wealth funds have emerged as key financial instruments for compensating resource depreciation with greater economy-wide investments. Recent scientific evidence recommends demarcating safe operating spaces' to limit exploitation of critical global biophysical subsystems or processes. These challenges suggest that the concept of natural capital is pivotal to sound policy.