4628.0.55.001 - Completing the Picture - Environmental Accounting in Practice, May 2012

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Contents In this issue Chapter 1-Introduction Chapter 2-Mitigating Climate Change Chapter 3-Adapting to Climate Change Chapter 4-Sustainability Chapter 5-Managing the Great Barrier Reef Region Chapter 6-Managing the Murray-Darling Basin Chapter 7-Green Growth Chapter 8-Solid Waste Management List of Tables (Appendix) About this Release Completing the Picture - Environmental Accounting in Practice (Media Release)	APPENDIX TABLES ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING TABLES The preceding chapters provided an explanation of the SEEA and demonstrated how a range of public policy issues could be informed by environmental accounts. The set of tables included in this appendix represent the accounts themselves. A range of Australian organisations produce environmental accounts. These include the Bureau of Meteorology (National Water Account and NPEI responsibilities), Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE) (GHG emissions accounts), Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics (BREE) (Energy Balances) and the Wentworth Group (Regional Accounts). While the degree varies, each of these accounts has links to the SEEA. In some cases there are relatively minor conceptual differences, in others the differences are more substantial and often due to particular legislative reasons. A variety of environmental accounts have been compiled by the ABS. These accounts are at different stages of maturity and some accounts that have been compiled in the past, such as environment protection expenditure accounts, are no longer produced. Others, such as the natural resources on the National Balance Sheets, energy and water accounts are in regular annual production. In some cases, such as for Water Accounts, the ABS undertakes substantial primary data collection activity to support the production of accounts. In other cases the ABS does not undertake the primary data collections. For example, in the case of the Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emission accounts (in development), the ABS reconfigures existing data from the energy balances compiled by the BREE, and emissions data collected by the DCCEE, to match with SEEA and SNA concepts. The SEEA–based accounting tables presented here are by no means exhaustive. They do however illustrate the potential for an Australian System of Environmental–Economic Accounts (ASEEA) to provide an integrating framework for many types of environmental and economic information. Where possible, the tables have been populated with data. However in cases where no or limited information is currently available, an empty or partially filled table has been provided. The tables in this appendix are organised using the same structure as the accounts in the SEEA framework. 1. Flow accounts; 2. Functional accounts for environmental transactions; 3. Asset accounts in physical and monetary terms; and, 4. Ecosystem accounts. LIST OF TABLES 1. Hybrid environmental-economic account, Australia FLOW ACCOUNTS *Energy* 2. Australian Net supply of energy (Petajoules), Australia, 2009-10 3. Australian Net use of energy (Petajoules), Australia, 2009-10 back to top *Water* 4. Water supply (Megalitres), Australia, 2009-10 5. Water use (Megalitres), Australia, 2009-10 6. Water Supply ($ Millions), Australia, 2009-10 7. Water Use ($ Millions), Australia, 2009-10 8. Water supply and use (Megalitres), Murray-Darling Basin, 2009-10 9. Water supply and use ($ Millions), Murray-Darling Basin, 2009-10 (Experimental) *GHG Emissions* 10. Direct greenhouse gas emissions - environmental accounts basis (a) (Mt CO₂-e) - Illustrative only 11. Direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions induced by final use (a) (Mt CO₂-e) - Illustrative only *Waste* 12. Waste supply - generated (tonnes), Australia - Illustrative only 13. Waste use - management (amounts used/treated/disposed-use (tonnes), Australia - Illustrative only 14. Supply of waste services and recovered products ($), Australia - Illustrative only 15. Use of waste services and recovered products ($), Australia - Illustrative only FUNCTIONAL ACCOUNTS 16. Production of environmental protection services ($), Australia - Illustrative only 17. Supply and use of environmental protection specific services ($), Australia - Illustrative only 18. Total expenditure on environmental protection - Illustrative only 19. Environmental protection expenditure & national resource management financing, Australia - Illustrative only 20. Environmental transfers ($), Australia - Illustrative only 21. Account for tradeable emission permits, Australia - Illustrative only 22. Environmental taxes by type of tax ($), Australia - Illustrative only back to top STOCK ACCOUNTS *Energy* 23. Oil stock account - monetary ($), Australia, 2001 to 2011 24. Oil stock account - physical (gigalitres), Australia, 2001 to 2011 25. Coal-peat stock account - monetary ($), Australia, 2001 to 2011 26. Coal-peat stock account - physical (gigatonnes), Australia, 2000 to 2011 27. Natural gas stock account - monetary ($), Australia, 2001 to 2011 28. Natural gas stock account - physical (billion cubic metres), Australia, 2001 to 2011 29. Subsoil assets stock account - monetary ($), Australia, 2001 to 2011 *Minerals* 30. Metallic minerals stock account - monetary ($), Australia, 2001 to 2011 31. Metallic minerals stock account - physical (gt), Australia, 2001 to 2011 32. Non-metallic minerals stock account ($), Australia, 2001 to 2011 33. Non-metallic minerals stock account (megatonnes), Australia, 2001 to 2011 *Land* 34. Dynamic land cover by state and territory ('000 hectares), Australia, 2008 35. Land use by state and territory ('000 hectares), Australia, 2010 36. Experimental land cover account ('000 hectares), Murray-Darling Basin (MDB), pre-1750 to 2006 37. Experimental land cover by state and territory (hectares), Murray-Darling Basin (MDB), 2008 38. Experimental land cover by land use (hectares), Murray-Darling Basin (MDB), 2008 39. Experimental Forest Extent and Change (hectares), Murray-Darling Basin (MDB), 2008 and 2011 *Timber* 40. Timber Resources stock account - physical (hectares, cubic metres), Australia, 2001 to 2010 41. Timber Resources stock account - monetary ($ billions), Australia, 2001 to 2010 *Aquatic* 42. Aquatic Resources Stock Account - physical ('000 tonnes), Australia, 2001 to 2010 43. Aquatic Resources Stock Account - monetary ($ millions), Australia, 2001 to 2010 (Experimental) *Carbon* 44. Carbon Stock Account, Australia - Illustrative only ECOSYSTEM ACCOUNTS 45. Ecosystem asset account, 2010-2011 - Illustrative only 46. Ecosystem services account - Illustrative only *Biodiversity* 47. Status of native species, Australia, 2011 48. Biodiversity Asset Account, Australia, 2010-11 back to top Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.