Ecosystem accounting, General Models and Recreation services

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The purpose of the project is to prepare for operationalization of ecosystem accounting in Norway, in particular regarding ecosystem services, to be carried out by Statistics Norway in close cooperation with research partners with required expertise, in particular the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), and also MENON Economics in cooperation with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU). The project will seek advice from the Norwegian Environment Agency and the results from the project may benefit their work on ecosystem accounting, which the Ministry of Climate and Environment has assigned to the agency. The explorative work proposed in this project comprises an inquiry into available data sources and methods and further exploring the possibilities to obtain supplementary data.