Chapter I. Introduction to the SEEA Central Framework
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16 Apr 2017
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M&G; SEEA Central Framework; enterprise; soil resource; SEEA application; data sets; water resource; SEEA handbook; Asset valuation; SEEA data; SNA valuation

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1.1 The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012—Central Framework (SEEA Central Framework) is a multipurpose conceptual framework that describes the interactions between the economy and the environment, and the stocks and changes in stocks of environmental assets.

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System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012
Central Framework
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9789211615630
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2663-3744
Publication Date:
16 Apr 2017
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United Nations
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9789211615630.069
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