Environmental Accounting of National Economic Systems: An Analysis of West African Dryland Countries within a Global Context

The work evaluates implications of countries’ natural resource use on economic systems. Detailed environmental accounting is provided for 134 national economies with a special focus on five dryland countries of the West Africa Sahel (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal). The study uses a biophysical accounting approach to quantifying natural resource stocks and flows, and their transformations to generate economic activity.

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Autor principal: United Nations Environment Programme
Outros Autores: DEWA
Formato: Reports and Books biblioteca
Idioma:English
Publicado em: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 2012
Assuntos:environmental accounting, economy, economic system, natural capital, environmental conservation, environmental management, ecosystem, natural resource, natural resource conservation, Climate Change,
Acesso em linha:https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/9510
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Resumo:The work evaluates implications of countries’ natural resource use on economic systems. Detailed environmental accounting is provided for 134 national economies with a special focus on five dryland countries of the West Africa Sahel (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal). The study uses a biophysical accounting approach to quantifying natural resource stocks and flows, and their transformations to generate economic activity.