TY - BOOK AU - Lange,Glenn-Marie AU - Hassan,Rashid M. AU - Hamilton,Kirk ED - Edward Elgar Publishing. TI - Environmental accounting in action: case studies from southern Africa SN - 9781781952955 (e-book) AV - HF5686.N3 L36 2003 U1 - 333.7/14/0968 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Cheltenham, Northampton, Mass. PB - E. Elgar KW - Natural resources KW - Africa, Southern KW - Accounting KW - Case studies KW - National income KW - Environmental auditing KW - Electronic books KW - lcsh N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Basic concepts and methods of natural resource and environmental accounting -- 2. Mineral accounts : managing an exhaustible resource -- 3. Forestry accounts : capturing the value of forest and woodland resources -- 4. Fisheries accounts : management of a recovering fishery -- 5. Water accounts : an economic perspective on managing water scarcity -- 6. Managing natural capital and national wealth N2 - Environmental Accounting in Action studies the experiences of Namibia, Botswana and South Africa, the core countries of a unique, regional environmental accounting programme in Southern Africa. Covering minerals, forestry, fisheries and water, each chapter provides important lessons about sustainable resource management. As a whole, the case studies demonstrate how to overcome the many challenges of constructing environmental accounts and the mechanics of successful implementation. By providing a transparent system of information about the relationship between human activities and the environment, the accounts have improved policy dialogue among different stakeholders and have played a significant role in environmental policy design UR - https://www.elgaronline.com/view/1843760762.xml ER -