Abstract Biodiversity underpins the supply of ecosystem services essential for well-being and economic development, yet biodiversity loss continues at a substantial rate. Linking biodiversity indicators with national economic accounts provides a means of mainstreaming biodiversity into economic planning and monitoring processes. Here we examine the various strategies for biodiversity indicators to be linked into national economic accounts, specifically the System of Environmental-Economic Accounts Experimental Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EEA) framework. We present what has been achieved in practice, using various case studies from across the world. These case studies demonstrate the potential of economic accounting as an integrating, mainstreaming framework that explicitly considers biodiversity. With the right indicators for the different components of biodiversity and scales of biological organisation, this can directly support more holistic economic planning approaches. This will be a significant step forward from relying on the traditional indicators of national economic accounts to guide national planning. It is also essential if society’s objectives for biodiversity and sustainable development are to be met.

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将生物多样性与国民经济核算联系起来

摘要 生物多样性支撑着对福祉和经济发展至关重要的生态系统服务的供应，但生物多样性的丧失仍在以可观的速度持续。将生物多样性指标与国民经济账户联系起来，为将生物多样性纳入经济规划和监测进程提供了一种手段。在这里，我们研究了将生物多样性指标与国民经济账户相关联的各种策略，特别是环境经济账户系统实验生态系统核算 (SEEA EEA) 框架。我们使用来自世界各地的各种案例研究来介绍在实践中取得的成果。这些案例研究证明了经济核算作为一个明确考虑生物多样性的整合主流框架的潜力。有了针对生物多样性不同组成部分和生物组织规模的正确指标，这可以直接支持更全面的经济规划方法。这将是依靠传统的国民经济账户指标指导国家规划向前迈出的重要一步。如果要实现社会对生物多样性和可持续发展的目标，这也是必不可少的。