Environment: Natural Resource Accounting (NRA)
Natural Resource Accounting in Goa,Phase II, under SEEA Framework
IRADe did the Natural Resource Accounting for three sectors: (1) Tourism; (2) Solid waste generation from municipal waste; and (3) Water pollution by industries, using the United Nation’s System of Economic and Environmental Accounting (SEEA) framework. Physical and monetary accounts for these sectors were prepared.
When the value of environmental degradation due to tourism and municipal waste is taken into account Goa’s net state domestic product (SNDP) goes down by 6 per cent but due to afforestation the gain is also 6 per cent and so overall Goa’s SNDP remains nearly unaffected.
Supported by: Central Statistical Organization, Government of India