Africa moves to better leverage its natural resources with the formation of a continental natural capital accounting community of practice

Kampala, Uganda, July 01, 2020: The Africa Natural Capital Accounting Community of Practice was launched today at the ‘African Forum on Green Economy: Investing in Natural Capital for a Resilient Africa’ conference. The community of practice is a regional learning and knowledge platform that brings together professionals from government institutions, non-governmental organizations, and academia that are interested in or working on natural capital accounting (NCA) in Africa. The Africa Natural Capital Accounting Community of Practice, according to a media statement, released by the forum’s conveners, “will build momentum and mainstream natural capital accounting in statistical production and policy across Africa…