Liberia: EPA and Partners Train National Experts on Submitting Budget Allotment for Unconditional NDC Commitments
Liberia: EPA and Partners Train National Experts on Submitting Budget Allotment for Unconditional NDC Commitments
Share
Buchanan, Grand Bassa – The Environmental Protection Agency-EPA along with the United Nations Development Program-UNDP, the European Union-EU, Conservation International-CI and the Nationally Determined Contributions-NDC Partnerships last week conducted a two-day training for national experts on the different processes and strategies on the submission of budget allotment for unconditional NDC commitments.
Giving an overview of the NDC, the Coordinator of all NDC related activities in the country, John F. Kannah highlighted that Liberia is in the final stages of NDC Revision and has been holding a number ‘of significant’ workshops/training to gather the most needed inputs across the country from all sectors, Civil society, Government Agencies, t
Legarda files Bill on Ecosystem and Natural Capital Accounting
russiaherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from russiaherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Legarda files Bill on Ecosystem and Natural Capital Accounting
batonrougepost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from batonrougepost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Legarda files Bill on Ecosystem and Natural Capital Accounting
pia.gov.ph - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pia.gov.ph Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
QUEZON CITY, April 10 Three-term Senator, now Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda, filed a bill seeking to develop and implement an ecosystem and natural accounting system that applies to the Philippine environment, giving importance to the role, value, and impact of the country’s natural resources on the economy.
“For decades, the debate has been whether to choose the economy over conservation of natural resources. This is a false dichotomy. The economy and all of society are fully and entirely dependent on natural resources our natural capital that includes our forests, wetlands, and other ecosystems,” Legarda said.
House Bill 9181, otherwise known as the Philippine Ecosystem and Natural Capital Accounting System (PENCAS) Law of 2021, will include what was formerly considered “externalities,” not valued as capital, in the national income accounts. Conventional national income accounting systems measure economic performance by determining the value of goods and services p