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 +===== Natural Capital =====
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 Natural capital summarizes all elements of nature that directly or indirectly produce value for people, including ecosystems, species, freshwater, land, minerals, air and oceans, as well as the natural processes and functions connecting and interacting with them. (Reid 2005) ((Reid, W. V. (Ed.) (2005): Ecosystems and human well-being. Synthesis; a report of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, MEA - Millennium Ecosystem Assessment & WRI - World Resources Institute. Washington, DC.)).  Natural capital summarizes all elements of nature that directly or indirectly produce value for people, including ecosystems, species, freshwater, land, minerals, air and oceans, as well as the natural processes and functions connecting and interacting with them. (Reid 2005) ((Reid, W. V. (Ed.) (2005): Ecosystems and human well-being. Synthesis; a report of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, MEA - Millennium Ecosystem Assessment & WRI - World Resources Institute. Washington, DC.)). 
 The OECD (2007)((OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) (Ed.) (2007): Glossary of Statistical Terms. Paris. Online available at https://stats.oecd.org/glossary/index.htm, checked on 1/27/2017)) sets the focus on the natural capital’s feature of providing natural resource inputs and environmental services for economic production. The OECD (2007)((OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) (Ed.) (2007): Glossary of Statistical Terms. Paris. Online available at https://stats.oecd.org/glossary/index.htm, checked on 1/27/2017)) sets the focus on the natural capital’s feature of providing natural resource inputs and environmental services for economic production.
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   - biotic natural capital or ecosystem capital that consists of ecosystems delivering a wide range of valuable services being essential for human well-being.   - biotic natural capital or ecosystem capital that consists of ecosystems delivering a wide range of valuable services being essential for human well-being.
  
-//In the AlpES project the focus lies on biotic natural capital, however it also takes abiotic processes into consideration, as some aspects are of special interest for the alpine space (minerals, wind, etc.). They are not assessed or mapped explicitly though.// +//In the [[:wiki:alpesbackground|AlpES project]] the focus lies on biotic natural capital, however it also takes abiotic processes into consideration, as some aspects are of special interest for the alpine space (minerals, wind, etc.). They are not assessed or mapped explicitly though.// 
  
  
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