Methodology related to environmental accounts

Quality and Methodology Information (QMI) report for environmental protection expenditure accounts estimates, detailing the strengths and limitations of the data, methods used, and data uses and users.

Quality and Methodology Information for the environmental protection expenditure survey, detailing the strengths and limitations of the data, methods used, and data uses and users.

The methodology used to develop estimates of the health benefits gained from outdoor recreation in the UK.

Methodology for estimating the extent and condition of UK habitats. Uses the broad habitat classifications as defined by the UK National Ecosystem Assessment and Land Cover Maps produced by the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.

Our approach to assessing the quality and suitability of non-official sources for reporting the UK’s progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.

A comparison of the methodology for the UK’s two sets of environmental economy estimates. Including similarities and differences in coverage, how the estimates are calculated, and how to understand what the data show.

Quality and Methodology Information for the Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Economy (LCREE) Survey, detailing the strengths and limitations of the data, methods used and data uses and users.

How the natural capital ecosystem service accounts are measured and developed, including the specific methods used to value individual components of natural capital and physical and monetary data sources.

Explanation of the changes in how we estimate the recreational benefits of nature, which will be used in the UK Accounts.

Quality and Methodology Information for environmental goods and services sector statistics, detailing the strengths and limitations of the data, methods used and data uses and users.