Integrated Environment and Economic Accounting: Operating Manual

Author: Xu Zhongmin, Ma Zhong, Shang Haiyang translated
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: The first chapter of this book elaborates on the application of integrated environmental economic accounting in policy-making and decision-making, explaining the importance, implementation effects, and necessary conditions of integrated environmental economic accounting. The second chapter outlines the concepts used in SEEA and illustrates the flexibility of the SEEA module method—allowing the selection of more practical parts of SEEA for detailed preparation (detailed in Chapter 3). The third chapter explains how to transform established concepts into concrete implementation steps. Guidance and table examples are provided for data compilation of environmental protection expenditures, the use of valuation and physical quantities of assets and non-manufactured assets, and the representation and interpretation of environmental-adjusted summary indicators at different stages. The tables list a series of constructed but realistic data to help readers better understand the calculation process. The fourth chapter details the accounts for sectors such as forests, underground assets, fisheries, soil, and air emissions. The fifth chapter discusses how the information from integrated accounting can be applied in economic and environmental policies. This information can be used to evaluate economic performance, identify environmental issues and constraints, and improve and assess policies. The sixth chapter and the institutional arrangements necessary for the implementation and maintenance of SEEA at the national level advocate for collaboration between organizations responsible for compiling national accounts and other data providers and users.