a recent NCC report which suggested that better protection of the UK's freshwater ecosystems would yield an enhancement in aesthetic value of £700m, he accused the NCC of "trying to compare things which cannot be directly compared". He went on to say: Others have defended the efforts of the Natural Capital Committee to integrate the valuation of natural capital into national and local economic decision-making, arguing that it puts the environment on a more equal footing when weighed against other commercial pressures, and that valuation is not the same as monetisation. Publications First State of Natural Capital Report - April 2013 Unnatural Corporate Accounting - December 2013 Second State of Natural Capital Report - March 2014 Third State of Natural Capital Report - January 2015 Towards a Framework for Measuring and Defining Changes in Natural Capital - March 2014 References External links Natural Capital Committee website Archived NCC website (pending transfer to new .GOV.UK domain) Natural Environment White Paper Capital (economics) Ecological economics