Environmental data and information

E. Harmonization of data collection activities with environmental economic accounting concepts and definitions

In addition, more personnel have been trained in environmental database management.

Where the accounting concepts differ from environment statistics concepts, supplementary tables for data collection should be developed.

The general exploration plan is to gather data on the mineral resources and to establish environmental baseline parameters.

Harmonizing environment statistics and environmental economic accounting concepts, definitions and classifications would introduce statistical checks and balances in the data and produce consistent data systems from individual sets of environment statistics across time and countries.

(e) Work towards the harmonization of data collection activities of environment and related statistics with concepts and definitions of environmental economic accounting, including the assurance of data quality.

The GEO data portal is continually updated and upgraded by UNEP. This is an authoritative source for data sets used by UNEP and its partners in the GEO report and other integrated environmental assessment processes.

Because several environmental conventions, policies and programmes depend on national self assessment processes and environmental audits, young people highlight the need to be involved in environmental consultations, monitoring and data collection.

The global study included a global environmental data and information systems knowledge base, global lessons learned for the design of environmental information systems and a conceptual design document for AGEDI.

The Committee would develop a joint work programme with the Intersecretariat Working Group on Environment Statistics and the Intersecretariat Working Group on Energy Statistics to further the harmonization of data collection activities with environmental accounting concept and definitions.

Development of a UNEP AGEDI regional strategy for environmental information is currently under way.

Among other activities, UNEP is supporting the data collection work and development of environmental indicators for the countries of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia.

China has a developed terrestrial observation system consisting of a network that collects data on hydrological systems, ice and snow, ecological systems, agrometeorology and environmental protection.

The data portal provides access to a broad collection of harmonized environmental and socio economic data sets from authoritative sources at the global, regional, subregional and national levels and allows basic data analysis and the creation of maps and graphics.

Such statements should clarify the significance of forests and the forest sector for reducing poverty, contributing to national economic growth and conserving key environmental services and values.

Epidemiological studies An epidemiological study describes the association between given behaviors or environmental conditions, and physical or psychological health by means of observation of real world phenomena through statistical data.

The Centre is also participating in the pilot project on the use of satellite data for the assessment of the environmental situation, which is a project of the Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, the Information Commissioner's Office is responsible for regulating compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998, Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

The objectives of ROSELT OSS are to enhance knowledge about the causes and consequences of desertification, to monitor the long term evolution of ecological systems and resources, to understand the functioning of these systems and how this interacts with the human populations, and to look for the links between climate and the human causes of land degradation.

The Meeting noted that the Global Resource Information Database (GRID) network of UNEP continued to focus on the development of early warning systems and methodologies that could be used to predict environmental problems and threats.

The data portal has become a unique collection of data and the authoritative source of data used by UNEP and its partners in the GEO reporting process and other integrated environment assessments.

The environment outlook reports, Atlantic and Indian Oceans Environment Outlook, Caribbean Environment Outlook and Pacific Environment Outlook, are available in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish as appropriate.

Research networking and collaborative efforts in the areas of glacier monitoring, climate studies in Antarctica, and regional databases for monitored environmental parameters are important developments for many Parties.

Environmental activities

Environmental concerns

11.20 The Division of Environmental Conventions is responsible for the implementation of this subprogramme.

Regional Cooperation and Representation

Environmental accounting

To improve and accomplish the environmental legislation, by increasing the fiscalization, control and monitoring of the environment.

Those Governments which have already responded and have received training in the use of the data sets may also wish to ensure that the satellite imagery is used in their national environment outlook reports.

The Committee would advance the implementation of SEEA 2003 in countries, starting from a set of simplified, standard tables and working towards more complex and data demanding tables.

Sovereign Environmental Risk

Maged George, Minster of State for Environmental Affairs.

C. Environmental sustainability

(b) Environmental Health

Environmental and ecological aspects

International environmental governance

Environmental treaties

Statistical metadata and data quality

On the other hand, a data dictionary is a data structure that stores metadata, i.e., (structured) data about data.

Ensuring environmental sustainability

The Doha Ministerial Declaration (DMD) called for the reduction or, as appropriate, elimination of tariff and non tariff barriers to EGS.

H. Poverty and environmental vulnerability

4. Notes the need to further strengthen the scientific base of the United Nations Environment Programme, to enable it to continue to improve the quantity and quality of environmental data and statistics, including the reinforcement of the scientific capacity of developing countries, through the provision of scientific and technical assistance