NEP: Preparation of Pollution Control Strategy and Action Plan - Compendium of Environment Statistics 2015
29 August 2016
The eradication of poverty and the assurance of environmental sustainability are today’s
greatest challenges. The concept of sustainable development introduces concrete measures to
bring these ambitions into balance and intends to promote sustainable development for the
benefit of current and future generations.
The development of Environment Statistics is still at infancy stage in Nepal. Central
Bureau of Statistics (CBS) first published a compendium on Environment Statistics in 1994
which provided valuable insights into the importance and usefulness of the subject matter.
‘A Compendium on Environment Statistics 1998 Nepal’ was brought as second publication
with an attempt to analyze available data on various aspect of the environment of Nepal.
This present publication “Compendium of Environment Statistics Nepal 2015” is
the third in series of the publication of the Environmental Compendium. It is not only the
updated version of the previous work but an enhanced effort to present available data and
textual description and analysis on various aspects of Environment as well. In this publication detail analytical articles are contained as contributed by the experts of environment related field. This publication, by and large has followed the presentation scheme of the United
Nations Framework for the Development of Environment Statistics (UNFDES).
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