![]() ![]() The information recorded in national ecosystem accounts can support establishing ecological thresholds and, more fundamentally, to relate ecological thresholds to human impacts on ecosystem condition. Nevertheless, the way both frameworks conceptualize the social system and the interactions between social and ecological systems can facilitate translating planetary boundaries into indicators considered in ecosystem accounting. Our analysis indicates that differences in the purpose of analysis, information provided, and methods constrain the potential integration of both frameworks. We assess the applicability of both frameworks for natural resource management in the Orinoco river basin, based on adaptive management components. ![]() Our study examines if and how ecosystem accounting can be used in combination with the concept of planetary boundaries in guiding human activities at the level of a river basin. However, statistical frameworks were not developed to compile environmental information, hindering environmental decision making. Decisions at the national level are currently supported, among others, by statistical frameworks in particular the System of National Accounts. The absence of boundaries at sub-global levels constrains the use of the concept in environmental governance and natural resource management, because decisions are typically taken at these levels. However, this concept was not developed to downscale planetary boundaries to sub-global level. The concept of planetary boundaries has been developed to propose limits on human activities based on earth processes and ecological thresholds. Economic development has increased pressures on natural resources during the last decades. ![]()
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