Establishing a reference tool for ecosystem accounting in Europe, based on the INCA methodology

The European Commission developed an amendment to Regulation 691/2011 on environmental economic accounts include reporting ecosystem compliant the United Nations Statistical System of Environmental-Economic Accounts – Ecosystem (SEEA-EA) standard. To support Member States implementing this regulation, open source tool, known as INCA-tool, generate service has been developed, based Knowledge Innovation Project Integrated Systems Naural Capital and Services Accounting (KIP-INCA) methodologies. INCA-tool was by taking into account FAIR principle for software data, well existing interoperability standards SEEA community. Three types users were identified with their specific needs, interactions skills. meet split two parts, a python package perform calculations acessible easy-to-use user interface in QGIS integrate national information. With first version toolkit place, improvements calculation methods alignment upcoming EU regulation can be achieved. Further, feedback from beta-tests experiences is currently collected implemented full public roll-out planned end 2022. packages already used extend nine INCA wall-to-wall series year 2018.