Flanders Ecosystem Accounting (FLEA)
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Details
Flanders Ecosystem Accounting (FLEA) aims to bring together INBO expertise on all ecosystems in Flanders. The project develops a statistic (a set of ecosystem accounts) on the extent and condition of the ecosystems in Flanders, in accordance with the guidelines of the European Commission's proposal to amend EU Regulation 691/2011 on environmental-economic accounts, and the UN System of Environmental-Economic Accounting - Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA-EA, 2021). The ecosystem extent account is area-wide for Flanders and is updated triennially on the basis of the land use database of the Environment Department. Among other things, FLEA is developing a repeatable method for validating the area data. Research on ecosystem condition accounts focuses on those ecosystem characteristics for which INBO has expertise and is collecting data. For forest ecosystems, data from the Flemish Forest Inventory are needed and for which we collaborate with the Agency for Nature and Forest (ANB). The entire project is also fed back to ANB, Department of Environment, Statistics Flanders and the Federal Planning Bureau.| Status | Running |
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| Actual start/end date | 23/11/2023 - 20/07/2026 |
Teams
- Wildlife Management and Invasive Species
- Nature & Society
- Biometry, Methodology and Quality Assurance
- Biotope Diversity
- Forest Ecology and - Management
- Landscape Ecology and Nature Management
- Species Diversity
- Datamanagement
- Estuaries
- Environment and Climate
- Nature Report and Advice Coordination
- Freshwater Habitats
- Management Team
INBO Research theme(s)
- Protected nature
- Nature & society
Tags
- accounting
- indicator
Participants
Tim AdriaensLuc De Keersmaeker
Steven De Saeger
Bruno De Vos
Myriam Dumortier
Stien Heremans
Sander Jacobs
Suzanna Lettens
Anja Leyman
An Leyssen
Thierry Onkelinx
Patrik Oosterlynck
Sam Provoost
Toon Spanhove
Maarten Stevens
Arno Thomaes
Hans Van Calster
Jeroen Vanden Borre
Bart Vandevoorde
Peter Van Gossum
Wouter Van Reeth
Carine Wils
Katrijn Alaerts
Wouter Courtens
Olivier Dochy
Helen Michels
Jo Packet
Kris Vandekerkhove
Margot Vanhellemont
Inne Vught
Bram D'hondt
Kevin Maebe
Fleur Petersen
Johan Peymen
Wouter Van Landuyt