Experimental Biodiversity Accounting?

Thomas Brooks, Chief Scientist, IUCN

@IUCNscience

27 June 2019

SEEA EEA Forum of Experts, Glen Cove, NY

Work to date…

https://www.cbd.int/doc/publications/cbd-ts-77-en.pdfhttps://www.unep-wcmc.org/news/guidance-on-experimental-biodiversity-accounting-using-the-seea-eea-framework

Core structure of SEEA-EEA

Definition of “biodiversity”

https://www.cbd.int/convention/text/

Imperfect nestedness among levels of biodiversity

Smith et al. (2018) Nature Ecol Evol 2(12): 1889; Brooks et al. (2004) Conserv Biol 18: 1682–1688

Species level ecosystem services

Data availability (ecosystems)

https://iucnrle.org/

Data availability (species)

https://www.iucnredlist.org/

Spanning ~40,000 species

https://www.ipbes.net/global-assessment-biodiversity-ecosystem-services

Possible complementary structure – SEEA-ESA

SPECIES

Species

Species

Species

Possible complementary structure – SEEA-EBA

BIODIVERSITY ASSETS

State of

genetic

diversity

(1 & 2)

Ecosystem

asset (1) &

characteristics/

processes (2)

State of species

diversity

(1 & 2)

Biodiversity extent account – physical terms

Biodiversity condition account – physical terms

Science-based targets for the post-2020 biodiversity agenda

https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/files/report/2018/TheSustainableDevelopmentGoalsReport2018-EN.pdf; Maxwell et al. (2016) Nature

https://www.ibat-alliance.org/