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EnviStats (Environment Statistics) have been compiled in accordance with the SEEA (System of Environmental- Economic Accounting) Framework. 

  • EnviStats provide information about environment, its most important changes over time and across locations and main factors that influence them.
  • Publication includes Four areas- Energy Accounts, Ocean Accounts, Soil Nutrient Index and Biodiversity.

Key Highlights of EnviStats India 2024

  • India emerged as world leader in energy transition
  • Around 72% increase in number and around 16% increase in area for Total Protected Area during 2000 to 2023.
  • Coverage of Mangroves has increased around 8% during 2013 to 2021. 

Significance of EnviStats

An infographic describing features of SEEA-CF and SEEA-EA
  • Sustainable management of natural resources, key to long-term development. 
  • Balance economic growth with environmental sustainability. 
  • Provide alternate means of measuring prosperity and progress and go beyond GDP. 
  • Data-driven policymaking.

About System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA)

  • It is an agreed international framework for the compilation of the Environment Economic accounts.
  • It describes the interaction between the economy and the environment, as well as the stocks and changes in stocks of environmental assets.
  • There are two sides of SEEA- SEEA-Central Framework (SEEA-CF) and SEEA-Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA-EA) (refer infographic).

Environment Accounts in India

  • National Statistical Office under MoSPI is mandated with the “Development of Environment Statistics and methodology of National Resource Accounts for India”.
    • MoSPI released the ‘Strategy for Environmental Economic Accounts in India: 2022-26’.
  • India also participated in ‘Natural Capital Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem services (NCAVES)’.
    • NCAVES was launched by United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), UNEP and Secretariat of CBD in 2017.
  • First EnviStats were released in 2018 on recommendations of Sir Partha Dasgupta Committee
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