Manuals and Concepts

Framework for the Development of Environment Statistics

This manual is a multi-purpose conceptual and statistical framework that is comprehensive and integrated and identifies the scope of environmental observations. It provides an organizational structure for the collection and compilation of environmental statistics at the national level. It collects data from different relevant subject areas and sources. It has a general and holistic nature, covering issues and aspects of the environment related to policy analysis and decision-making through its application to cross-cutting issues such as climate change.

International Recommendations for Water Statistics

International Recommendations for Water Statistics (IRWS) provides coherent principles, concepts and definitions for the collection and compilation of water statistics on a comparable basis. IRWS constitutes the first publication of international recommendations in the field of environment statistics and joins a family of international recommendations published by the United Nations Statistics Division.

ON THE CONTROL OF TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS OF HAZARDOUS WASTES AND THEIR DISPOSAL BASEL CONVENTION

It is the most comprehensive global environmental agreement on hazardous wastes and other wastes.The Convention aims to protect humanhealth and the environment against the adverse effects resulting from the generation, transboundary movements and management of hazardouswastes and other wastes.

Waste Statistics Manual

This manual contains concepts and codes for economic activities, whether that produce waste or dispose of them. The manual also deals with waste products. The guide is divided into seven chapters: waste production, hazardous waste management, municipal waste management, composition of municipal waste, municipal waste management, city-level data, and other waste (industrial waste). finally waste infrastructures.

Published by GCC-STAT