United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2007-10-24 monographic deposited born digital 38 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-127SP https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-127SP P0b002ee180373779 f:d08127sp DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-127SP machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-127SP GAO-08-127SP Accounting standards Data collection Economic analysis Economic development Economic indicators Economic policies Economic research Environmental policies Environmental protection International cooperation Lessons learned Natural resources Strategic planning CG Forum Other Written Product A77550 One of the greatest challenges facing the United States in the 21st century is sustaining our natural resources and safeguarding our environmental assets for future generations while promoting economic growth and maintaining our quality of life. To manage natural resources effectively and efficiently, policymakers need information and methods to analyze the dynamic interplay between the economy and the environment. Enhancing the information to make sound decisions can be facilitated by developing national environmental accounts. These accounts provide a framework for organizing information on the status, use, and value of natural resources and environmental assets, as well as on expenditures on environmental protection and resource management. While many countries have developed and are using environmental accounts, the United States lags behind. GAO and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) convened this forum to discuss developing accounts in the United States. Participants included U.S. federal agency officials and national and international statistical, energy, environment, and natural resource experts. Comments expressed do not necessarily represent the views of any one participant or the organizations that these participants represent, including GAO and NAS. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-127SP/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-127SP.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-127SP/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-127SP.pdf GAO-08-127SP https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-127SP Other Written Product GAO-08-127SP; Measuring Our Nation's Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability: Highlights of a Forum Jointly Convened by the Comptroller General of the United States and the National Academy of Science; Accounting standards Data collection Economic analysis Economic development Economic indicators Economic policies Economic research Environmental policies Environmental protection International cooperation Lessons learned Natural resources Strategic planning CG Forum