ABSTRACT

Although forests and subsoil assets have received the most systematic attention in the design of SEEA asset accounts, considerable interest exists in accounting for many other natural resources. This chapter considers three of these areas: fisheries, land, and water. Analysts have reached less consensus on methodology for these resources than for forests and minerals. The discussions in this chapter therefore focus on some of the difficulties in accounting for these assets rather than providing a definitive picture of how the accounts might be structured.