Environmental accounting in action case studies from southern Africa
Environmental Accounting in Action studies the experiences of Namibia, Botswana and South Africa, the core countries of a unique, regional environmental accounting programme in Southern Africa. Covering minerals, forestry, fisheries and water, each chapter provides important lessons about sustainabl...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham
E. Elgar
c2003
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Environmental Accounting in Action studies the experiences of Namibia, Botswana and South Africa, the core countries of a unique, regional environmental accounting programme in Southern Africa. Covering minerals, forestry, fisheries and water, each chapter provides important lessons about sustainable resource management. As a whole, the case studies demonstrate how to overcome the many challenges of constructing environmental accounts and the mechanics of successful implementation. By providing a transparent system of information about the relationship between human activities and the environment, the accounts have improved policy dialogue among different stakeholders and have played a significant role in environmental policy design 1. Basic concepts and methods of natural resource and environmental accounting -- 2. Mineral accounts : managing an exhaustible resource -- 3. Forestry accounts : capturing the value of forest and woodland resources -- 4. Fisheries accounts : management of a recovering fishery -- 5. Water accounts : an economic perspective on managing water scarcity -- 6. Managing natural capital and national wealth |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 223 p ill |
| ISBN: | 9781781952955 1843760762 9781843760764 |