Natural resources and the environment 1995

Statistics Norway (SN) compiles statistics on the state of the environment, as well as accounts for a number of important natural resources. Statistics Norway also develops methods and models to analyze the inter-relationships between socio-economic conditions, use of resources, and environmental conditions. The publication Natural Resources and the Environment contains an annual concentrated overview of this work.

Natural Resources and Environment 1995 presents, in part I, updated resource accounts for energy and emissions accounts for emissions to air. The report also includes key figures for fishing, sealing and whaling, agricultural pollution, forest resources and forest damage, municipal waste water treatment plants and waste management. Some results from Statistics Norway's research on the economics of resources and the environment are presented in part II. Emphasis is placed on analyses of the environment and economic growth, management of the environment and natural resources, and international analyses. The publication also contains a comprehensive appendix of tables, part III. Statistics Norway wishes to thank all the institutions that have supplied data for Natural Resources and the Environment 1995.

The report is a joint publication from the Division for Environmental Statistics, Department of Economic Statistics, and the Resource and Environmental Economics Division, Research Department. The report has been edited by Ola K. Hunnes. Part II has been prepared by an editorial committee consisting of Kjell Arne Brekke, Bodil M. Larsen, Solfrid Malo and Gina Spurkland. Mary Bjærum has translated the Norwegian version into English.

Statistics Norway

Oslo/Kongsvinger, 10 April 1995

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