Central Framework for Ecosystem Accounting

The course ’Central Framework for Ecosystem Accounting’ ­will acquaint students with the essentials of the SEEA Central Framework, which will help him/her to understand the interactions between the economy and the environment, and enables the student to describe stocks and changes in stocks of environmental assets.

The student will learn how to use a wide range of information, which enables him/her to compare and contrast source data, and allows for the development of aggregates, indicators and trends across a broad spectrum of environmental and economic issues.
Particular examples include the assessment of trends in the use and availability of natural resources and the extent of emissions and discharges to the environment resulting from economic activity.