Driver, A.

This booklet provides practical guidance on how the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems (RLE) and the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) Ecosystem Accounting can be produced and used in combination for policy, decision-making and monitoring, with a focus on implementation and monitoring of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

This publication establishes a structured, rigorous standard for cross-referencing ecosystem types to the GET. It first reviews the need for reliable interoperability among ecosystem classifications and the role of the GET as a framework for synthesis. Second, it reviews the conceptual foundations of ecosystem classifications and introduces the structure of the GET.

These guidelines aim to facilitate improved knowledge of agricultural and plantation forestry ecosystems, and their relationship with other ecosystems in complex landscapes, by providing clarity on how the IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology is applied in the context of agricultural and plantation forestry production. This provides a foundation for a range of applications that can enable and support sustainable agriculture.