TowardstheimplementationofSEEA-MFALearningCentre.pptVIP

Towards the implementation of SEEA-MFALearning Centre on Environmental AccountsUNSC, New York February 2009 ;Outline;What is MFA?;History of MFA;Policy considerations ‘The Weight of Nations’;Policy considerations II‘The Weight of Nations’;Different approaches to measure material flows;Domestic resources;Example: DMI per capita - Denmark ;Example: Material Productivity UK;Example: Physical trade balance by material categories, 2000;Example: “Environmental hot-spots of the iron steel system, European Union, 2000 (million tonnes);Example: International trade of chromium, focus on the United States and its major trade partners, 2000;Statistical issues in MFA;Way forward?