Natural capital: marine and terrestrial economic reliance analysis
This paper summarises further analysis that expands the methodology developed in the “Importance of Natural Capital to the Scottish Economy” analysis. It proposes a methodology to assess natural capital economic reliance by output and employment across two core distinctions: marine and terrestrial.
Footnotes
1 Natural capital - importance to the Scottish economy: research - gov.scot
2 Policy Brief Marine Natural Capital - Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland
3 Ecosystem services - nature’s benefits | NatureScot
4 Non-renewables are resources with finite stocks that are extracted at a rate exceeding their natural regeneration, leading to permanent depletion over time. How the ONS is working towards measuring depletion of UK natural capital | National Statistical
7 Scotland's Marine Economic Statistics 2019 - gov.scot
8 Value of the wild fisheries sector: analysis - Scottish Government
9 Energy statistics - Scottish Government
10 Energy Trends: UK renewables - GOV.UK
11 Aquaculture - Scotland's Marine Economic Statistics 2019
12 Offshore wind - Scotland's Marine Economic Statistics 2019
13 Data from Energy Trends: UK renewables - GOV.UK, internal Scottish Government analysis done to create figures for marine vs terrestrial production.
14 Please note this table adds up to 101%, this is due to rounding.
15 Offshore Wind Map | The Crown Estate
16 Industry statistics - gov.scot
17 Scotland's Marine Economic Statistics 2019
18 GVA figures are reported as the original study used 2019 data. More up to date data for 2023 and for 2019 (in 2023 prices) is available Supporting documents - Scotland's Marine Economic Statistics 2023 - gov.scot
19 UK Tourism Satellite Account methodology guide: 2017 - Office for National Statistics. Please note there is no TSA for Scotland specifically, only at the UK-level.
21 Data/statements relating to electricity from renewable sources: EIR release - gov.scot
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