Introduction to GEP (Gross Ecosystem Product) and its application in China

Описание: Dr. Ouyang Zhiyun, Professor and Director at the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, provides an overview of Gross Ecosystem Product (GEP) and its application to policy and investment in natural capital in China.

To achieve sustainable development, there is a pressing need to move beyond conventional economic measures like Gross Domestic Product. The Natural Capital Project and the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed Gross Ecosystem Product (GEP), a measure that summarizes the value of the contributions of nature to economic activities. GEP has now been approved by the United Nations Statistical Commission as an indicator for the UN System of Environmental-Economic Accounts (SEEA).

The video is narrated by Dr. Tong Wu from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.