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

Dr. Tom Okurut, Executive Director of the Uganda National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has welcomed the formation of the capital accounting Africa practice as a timely initiative, coming on the onset of the continent’s embracing the concept of natural capital accounting and its application to policy.



