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| Valid from | 1991 |
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| Description | This report proposes concepts, definitions and classifications for statistical variables that describe the state and trends of the natural environment and its relationships with human and socio-economic activities. It is based on the structure and principles of A Framework for the Development of Environment Statistics. The report presents a menu of statistical variables that can be selected in the development of national and international programmes of environment statistics and indicators. A companion report, Concepts and Methods of Environment Statistics: Human Settlements - A Technical Report, published in 1988, deals with the environmental aspects of human settlements statistics. |
| Maintenance organization | United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) |
| Statistical domain(s) | 3.1 Environment |
| Type of standard | Methodologies and Procedures |
| References | http://unstats.un.org/unsd/publication/SeriesF/SeriesF_57E.pdf |
| Languages | Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish |
| Information last updated | 24/08/11 |