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Definition: Land cover/ecosystem functional unit (LCEU)
Category: System of Environmental-Economic Accounting
For most terrestrial areas, the area and, by extension, the LCEU should satisfy a pre-determined set of criteria relating to the characteristics of an ecosystem. Examples of factors include land-cover type, water resources, and soil type. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/UN_experimental_ecosystem_accounting_2012_EN.pdf
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United Nations; European Union; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); The World Bank, "System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012: Experimental Ecosystem Accounting", 2014
United Nations; European Union; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); The World Bank, "System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012: Experimental Ecosystem Accounting", 2014
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