The specific objectives of this report, Review Of Existing Ecosystem Accounting Intiatives And Literature In India: Biophysical assessments, economic value of ecosytem services, and overview of available data sources, are: to review existing ecosystem accounting initiatives and literature in India; to stock-take available data sources for compiling ecosystem accounts; identify and engage institutions and agencies active in this field, understand their policy goals, map their interest in the field of ecosystem accounting, and identify their potential contributions to the SEEA EEA India project; to compile a list of potential case studies that may be undertaken and prioritize within those. The study includes possible avenues for cooperation with various stakeholders and collaboration that may be undertaken as part of SEEA-EEA India.
This report reviews 146 ES studies conducted in India in the following categories: i) terrestrial wetlands (34 studies); ii) forests (68 studies); iii) marine, coastal, mangroves, including coastal wetlands and marshlands (19 studies); and iv) other ecosystems such as urban, agroecological ecosystems, etc. (25 studies).