Institutional strengthening and collection of environment statistics in selected developing member countries (RETA 5555) : inception workshop report, ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines, 18-21 September 1995

Contents: Appendix 3 - General matters relating to starting up environment statistics : a ccase of the Netherlands statistics. Appendix 4 - Review of current status of environment statistics in the developing member countries. Appendix 5 - Concepts and methodology of compiling environment statistics. Appendix 6 - Methodological issues in developing environment statistics. Appendix 7 - Air, soil, and water statistics. Appendix 8 - Human settlements statistics. Appendix 9 - National data base on bioresources : conservation and sustainable utilization. Appendix 10 - Status of environment statistics in Bangladesh. Appendix 11 - Status of environment statistics in India. Appendix 12 - The state of environment statistics in Nepal. Appendix 13 - The state of environment statistics in Pakistan. Appendix 14 - The status of environment statistics in Sri Lanka. Appendix 15 - A situationer on environment statistics in the Philippines. Appendix 16 - Review of the progress and development of environment statistics in Malaysia. Appendix 17 - The status of the environment and environment statistics in Vietnam. Appendix 18 - Indonesian efforts in developing environment statistics. Appendix 19 - Environmental database development : the Indonesian experience. Appendix 20 - Environment statistics in Hong Kong. Appendix 21 - The status of environment statistics in Vanuatu. Appendix 22 - Background paper on the state of environment statistics in Western Samoa. Appendix 23 - Development of environment statistics in the ESCAP region : past, present and future. Appendix 24 - State of environmental reporting in Asia and the Pacific : frameworks and institutional mechanisms. Appendix 25 - Methodology and format for collection and analysis of data on the state of environment reporting in Asia and the Pacific. Appendix 26 - Review of SPREP activities in environment statistics. Appendix 27 - Development of an environment information database for state of the environment reporting. Appendix 28 - Activities in the development and collection of environment statistics. Appendix 29 - Activities of the United Nations Statistical Division in the development and collection of environmental data. Appendix 30 - Activities of the South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP) in environment statistics