The sixth annual meeting of the Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES) partnership will bring together WAVES countries, UN agencies, donors, civil society organizations, and other institutions supporting natural capital accounting (NCA). WAVES countries will showcase results from their work on constructing water, forest, minerals and ecosystem accounts. The meeting will provide the opportunity for discussions on how to move from having accounts to using them in policy and decision making. The meeting will include a panel discussion on how NCA can support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement on climate change, and participants will hear more on WAVES+, the next phase of the partnership. WAVES is a World Bank-led partnership that aims to promote sustainable development by ensuring that natural resources accounting is mainstreamed in development planning and national economic accounting.  

dates: 31 May – 1 June 2016  
venue: The Radisson Hotel  
location: San Jose, Costa Rica  
contact: Sujatha Venkat Ganeshan  
e-mail: svenkatganeshan@worldbank.org  
www: https://www.wavespartnership.org/en/wealth-accounting-and-valuation-ecosystem-services-waves-6th-annual-partnership-meeting
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