1. Status of Environment Statistics in Mauritius Workshop on Environment Statistics & Accounts Central Statistics Office

2. Mauritius… at a glance Main island – Mauritius (1865 km 2 ) Group of smaller islands- (Republic) Rodrigues, Cargados Carajos, Agaléga, Tromelin & Chagos Archipelago Total Land Area = 2040 km 2 Population = 1.3 million Economic background Agriculture, Manufacturing, Tourism, financial services, ICT GDP/capita ~ US $ 7567

3. Institutional aspects of environment statistics in Mauritius In order to meet the data needs of planners, policy makers in environmental and related socio-economic field, the CSO, in 1994, started work on the development of environmental statistics. In June 1999, a Statistic unit was subsequently created at the Department of Environment and Sustainable Development

4. Activities of the Statistics Unit To carry out thorough inventories of all existing information on the environment To prepare a database on environmental statistics To compute annual inventory of greenhouse gas emissions To construct indicators to monitor trends and impacts of measures To conduct ad hoc environmental surveys, and To disseminate data on the status of the environment To participate in various projects – SOE, EIS, NODC,SCP

5. Sources of data Official requests from: Ministry of Agro Industry and Food Security Ministry of Energy & Public Utilities Ministry of industry & Commerce Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Ministry of Health and Quality of Life Ministry of Local Government & Outer Islands Ministry of Environment and Sustainable development Central Water Authority Central Electricity Board Meteorological Services National Transport authority

6. Publications & Reports Economic and Social Indicator on Environment Statistics Digest of Environment Statistics Pocketbook of Environment Statistics Other ad hoc reports (SCP Indicators) Provision of indicators/statistics for other reports

7. Data processing and analysis Excel software for data capture Statistical analysis: SPSS Software Greenhouse gases are computed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC Software) Revised 1996

8. Flora: mainly forestry statistics Fauna: Mainly Fisheries statistics Atmosphere: Climate, GHG emissions, air quality Land: Land use, agriculture, solid wastes Water: abstraction, use Human settlements: Energy, transport, infrastructure, socio- economic Scope and Coverage

9. Topic and data items Flora: Forest area, local production, land protected areas, forest plantations Fauna: Livestock, fish catch, consumption of fish, fishable areas, marine protected areas Atmosphere: Temperature, humidity, ambient air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, ozone-depleting substances, respiratory diseases Water: Fresh water resources, water abstraction, precipitation, water consumption, water quality of rivers and coastal areas, sea surface temperature Land: Land use, forest area, built-up areas, agricultural land areas, road network, waste landfill Human settlements: Population growth, population density, primary energy requirement, energy consumption, health and welfare conditions, building permits, employment by industrial group

10. Guidelines followed A framework for the Development of Environment Statistics, Statistical Papers, series M, No. 78 (FDES) Concepts and Methods of Environment Statistics: Statistics of the Natural Environment, Studies and Methods, Series F, No. 57 Concepts and Methods of environment Statistics: Human Settlements Statistics, Studies and Methods, Series F, No. 51

11. Outputs Publications: Economic and Social Indicator on Environment Statistics Digest of Environment Statistics Other Ad-hoc publications (SCP in June 2010)

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