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Overview of the global status in environment
Statistics and environmental accounting
Country response:
• 97 countries responded to Part A, 88 (91%) countries
have environment statistics programmes;
• 70% of 88 countries are planning to expand
environment statistics.
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Main impeding factors for the
development of environmental accounting
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Problems encountered in ECLAC
countries in developing and compiling
the environment statistics
Among the 19 responding countries, 13 have
indicated similar problems encountered by
other countries:
1. lack of financial and human resources
2. lack of institutional set-up/coordination
3. lack of access to training material
4. availability of data
5. quality of data
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ECLAC countries environmental
accounting programmes mainly cover
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Conclusions
• Environment statistics and environmental accounts are
established and expanding components of national
statistical programs
• While environmental accounting is new, nearly half
(49%) of the responding countries have an
environmental accounting programme. Another 20%
are planning on compiling environmental accounts
• Water statistics and accounts are priority areas
• Lack of human and financial resources impede the
implementation of both environmental statistics and
accounting programmes
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