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Measuring our nation's natural resources and environmental sustainability : highlights of a forum / jointly convened by the Comptroller General of the United States and the National Academy of Sciences.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Government Accountability Office
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Accounting--Standards--United States.
- Accounting.
- Accounting--Environmental aspects--United States.
- Economic policy--Standards--United States.
- Economic policy.
- Environmental policy--Economic aspects--United States.
- Environmental policy.
- Accounting--Environmental aspects.
- Accounting--Standards.
- Environmental policy--Economic aspects.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ii, 33 pages)
- Other Title:
- Highlights of a forum
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2007]
- Summary:
- One of the greatest challenges facing the United States in the 21st century is sustaining our natural resources and safeguarding our environmental assets for future generations while promoting economic growth and maintaining our quality of life. To manage natural resources effectively and efficiently, policymakers need information and methods to analyze the dynamic interplay between the economy and the environment. Enhancing the information to make sound decisions can be facilitated by developing national environmental accounts. These accounts provide a framework for organizing information on the status, use, and value of natural resources and environmental assets, as well as on expenditures on environmental protection and resource management. While many countries have developed and are using environmental accounts, the United States lags behind. GAO and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) convened this forum to discuss developing accounts in the United States. Participants included U.S. federal agency officials and national and international statistical, energy, environment, and natural resource experts. Comments expressed do not necessarily represent the views of any one participant or the organizations that these participants represent, including GAO and NAS.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed October 25, 2007).
- "October 2007."
- Paper version available from: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "GAO-08-127SP."
- OCLC:
- 176861030
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