System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) - Land use classification

The SEEA Central Framework brings together, in a single measurement system, information on water, minerals, energy, timber, fish, soil, land and ecosystems, pollution and waste, etc.

The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) was initiated by the United Nations Statistical Commission. The revised SEEA builds upon its predecessors: the SEEA-2003 and the SEEA-1993. The Commission mandated the United Nations Committee of Experts on Environmental-Economic Accounting (UNCEEA) to manage and supervise the revision process. The UNCEEA is assisted by various technical groups. Among these groups, the London Group on Environmental Accounting plays an important role in addressing technical issues. A Global consultation on the SEEA Central Framework was completed in 2011. The SEEA Central Framework was subsequently adopted by the United Nations Statistical Commission at its 43rd Session in 2012, as the first international standard for environmental-economic accounting. The final, official version of the SEEA Central Framework was published in February 2014.