We observe that the value of the gross natural increment in natural capital is the appropriate entry in the income side of the national accounts, when "greened." This entry is zero for the special case of nonrenewable resources. Greening is motivated by the desire to account for the value of...

The UN System of National Accounts (SNA) calculates standard national income (NI) under the condition that owned capital is maintained. Roefie Hueting defined in 1969 environmental functions (state, stock) as the possible uses by humans of the environment. Their actual use (flow) nowadays are...