ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE ACCOUNTS FOR THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS

Abstract

This paper provides justification to proposals on constructing satellite accounts related to relationships between economic activities and environment. Before formulation the authors' proposals the article presents analysis of the several environmental and economic accounting projects such as the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012-Central Framework (SEEA Central Framework), which is an international standard, and the so-called Dutch system - National Accounting Matrix including Environmental Accounts (NAMEA). The article substantiates possibilities for constructing separate tables for the Republic of Belarus using NAMEA approach, which is based on the idea that it is possible to measure the contribution of each economic activity to the environmental burdens on the natural environment. The authors commented further on their own calculations of the amount of water consumption and pollution - using the data on the final consumption of goods and services in the Republic of Belarus in 2013. The paper reviews the algorithm for calculating indirect water use and pollution of water bodies at the final use of products stage.