Integrated System of Statistical Indicators of Environmental Protection in the Russian Federation

This article covers the study of the up-to-date version of methodological framework for an important component of socioeconomic statistics that is presented in the Integrated System  of Statistical Environmental Indicators in the Russian Federation, approved by Rosstat in 2017. The Integrated System- 2017 presents a set of key statistical indicators and information  sources on environment and environmental protection. This specified  set of indicators is formed with regard to national  requirements, and also according to the international methodological recommendations for the considered branch of statistical accounting. In this article the authors, in some detail, give an  account of the Integrated System, using illustrative material  (drawings). It also reveals the structure of the Integrated System  from viewpoint of providing the information array by indicators  developed by the system of ministries and agencies of the Russian  Federation. The analyzed document has the following significant  features: a) indicator passport that facilitates understanding and indicates its most basic characteristics; b) hyperlinks to the  actual values of the open source indicators. Therefore, the relevant users of the Integrated System are provided with expedited  and simplified access to summary statistical information put online. The article also emphasizes that the development of such a  system of statistical indicators allows to streamline the analysis of the state, use of environmental resources, pollution and  degradation, as well as environmental protection. In addition, it is  noted that the System’s format and submission of materials enables  periodical, whenever the need arises, updates and adjustments, introduction of new indicators, and also elimination and/or correction of the outdated ones.

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