Publications

Environmental Degradation due to
Selected Economic Activities
(National Statistical Coordination Board)

An output of the Environment and Natural Resources Accounting (ENRA) Subprogramme of the Integrated Environmental Management for Sustainable Development (IEMSD) Programme and the ENRA II Project, both funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

This publication is a compilation of environmental accounts estimating the
degradation of the environment brought about by selected economic activities from 1988 to 1994. It covers five (5) major economic sectors: Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry, Manufacturing, Mining, Electricity Generation and Transport Services. All estimates are given in both physical and monetary terms, except for the estimates on Electricity Generation, which are expressed only in physical terms.

The estimates for Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry cover four (4) economic activities:

1. Upland Palay Farming
2. Intensive Shrimp Aquaculture
3. Hog Raising
4. Logging of Dipterocarp and Pine Forests.

The estimates for Manufacturing, on the other hand, cover seven (7) economic activities. These are the:

1. Tuna Canning Industry
2. Textile Industry
3. Leather Tanning
4. Paint Manufacturing
5. Sugar Milling
6. Cement Manufacturing
7. Petroleum Refining.

Other activities covered are Small-scale Gold Mining for the Mining Sector; Diesel, Bunker and Coal-fired power plants for Electricity Generation; and Land-based Transportation for the Transport Services sector.