Valuing and Accounting for Nature in Ireland: Embedding the Natural Capital Approach and Natural Capital Accounting in Irish Policy for the Benefit of People and Planet

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This briefing paper has been commissioned from Natural Capital Ireland (NCI) by the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) as part of the project Accounting for Nature in Ireland to inform policymakers in advance of three roundtables on natural capital and natural capital accounting. NCI is a not-for-profit organisation leading the national conversation on natural capital. It is a group of organisations and individuals from academia and the public, private and NGO sectors, committed to the development and application of the natural capital approach to policy and decision-making.

The mission is to value, protect and restore Ireland’s natural capital and ecosystem services, by supporting the adoption of the natural capital approach in public policy and corporate strategy, promoting informed public and private sector decision-making, and assisting in the establishment of a national natural capital accounting standard.