Objectives of the PENCAS.
Section 5
SEC. 5. Objectives of the PENCAS. - The PENCAS shall have the following major objectives: (a) Support economic, environmental, and health policy development and decision-making; (b) Provide a system for the collection, compilation, and development of physical and natural capital accounts in the government as a tool for physical and development planning and programming, policy analysis, and decision-making; (c) Serve as a comprehensive data framework in the generation of natural capital statistics and accounts towards their progressive integration in macroeconomic indicators; (d) Provide tools and measures that contribute to the protection, conservation, and restoration of ecosystems; and (e) Provide valuation of ecosystem services such as provisioning, regulating and maintenance, and cultural services.