is?Environmentalaccountingisunderwayinseveraldozencountries,wherebureaucrats,statisticians,andotherproponentsbothforeignanddomestichaveinitiatedactivitiesoverthepastfewdecades.Severalcountrieshavemadecontinuousinvestmentsinbuildingroutinedatasystems,whichareintegratedintoexistingstatisticalsystemsandeconomicplanningactivities.Othershavemademorelimitedeffortstocalculateafewindicators,oranalyzeasinglesector.SomeoftheearliestresearchonenvironmentalaccountingwasdoneatRFFbyHenryPeskin,workingonthedesignofaccountsfortheUnitedStates.OneofthefirstcountriestobuildenvironmentalaccountsisNorway,whichbegancollectingdataonenergysources,fisheries,forests,andmineralsinthestoaddressresourcescarcity.Overtime,theNorwegianshaveexpandedtheiraccountstoincludedataonairpollutantemissions.Theiraccountsfeedintoamodelofthenationaleconomy,whichpolicymakersusetoas,许多经济学家安置头等重要性不是在底线,而是放在潜在数据用于建立环境帐户。