The objects of natural resources accounting are mainly minerals, forests, cultivated land and water resources. Countries with developed forestry such as Norway and Canada will pay more attention to the accounting of forest resources. China mainly emphasizes the accounting of forests, cultivated land and water resources. This is because minerals and fossil energy are important, but their degree of marketization is also very high. However, forests, the nature of cultivated land and water resources is completely different. The products they provide to mankind, such as food, timber and aquatic products, are only part of their contribution. More importantly, they provide ecological services, such as carrying ecosystems and maintaining biodiversity. All these ecological services cannot be imported.
mainly explained in the above text?
The reasons why China chooses specific natural resources as the main accounting object.