No longer will we allow mindless environmental destruction to be considered as economic progress
โ๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ.โ Antรณnio Guterres, Secretary-General UN
The 52nd United Nations Statistical Commission, on March 2021, has adopted the ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ-๐๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ โ๐๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ (๐๐๐๐ ๐๐)
This new statistical framework will enable countries to measure their natural capital and understand the immense contributions of nature to our prosperity and the importance of protecting it.
According to the United Nations, more than half of global gross domestic product (GDP) depends on the earth’s natural capital – ranging from pollination by bees, water uptake by forests, and the use of wild plants for medicine.
At the same time, that capital has declined by 40% in the past two decades alone. Humanity has radically changed three-quarters of the earth’s surface and two-thirds of the earth’s water surface through its economic activities.
The SEEA EA must address one of the biggest problems of GDP: that environmental damage is not part of it. Nature is invisible in GDP. Simply put, a tree does not count in GDP until it is felled. And prosperity will only grow by changing nature into building land or farmland. The SEEA EA will change this approach.
“๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ถ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด.”
“๐๐ง ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ง ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ง ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต.”
โ๐๐ฆโ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ง ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ง ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด. ๐๐ฐ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด.โ
๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฐ๐ต๐ต ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ด, ๐๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ-๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐๐
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