Environmental costs assessment for improved environmental-economic account for Indonesia

The overall purpose of this study is to assess priorities for new environmental accounts in Indonesia. We use costs related air pollution and resource extraction Indonesia as a measure priority. This uses the damage approach estimate degradation value Net Present Value (NPV) obtain cost natural resources depletion several that are most important Indonesian economy. Our total amounts around 13% GDP 2010. Environmental mostly due energy mineral resources, followed by from pollution, forestry ecosystems. Central Bureau Statistics (BPS) has already published data depletion, which we find However, BPS should consider completing its with additional information on ecosystem services forestry. Moreover, could expand Indonesia’s economic-environmental including pollution. found substance perspective, SOx, NOx, CO2, CH4, particulate matter. At same time, sector electricity, manufacture basic iron steel ferro-alloys first products thereof, mining coal lignite, peat, because if national included external these sectors would create negative value-added.