Key Facts about: Supplementary Information
Expenditure on biodiversity: 2000/1-2004/5
United Kingdom
The trend for public sector expenditure shows an increase year-on-year for in the UK. By 2004/05, expenditure had increased by 46 per cent compared with the amounts spent in 2000/01. The trend for non-Governmental organisational expenditure in the UK is less clear and has fluctuated over the last five years. Spending reached £170 million in 2002/03, largely as a result of a large one-off purchase, and has since stabilised at about £150 million in 2004/05.
This indicator is derived from work to establish indicators for the amount of expenditure on biodiversity in the UK and globally. The indicators are based on a combination of expert opinion and published and unpublished estimates from both public sector and non-Governmental organisations. These sources were used to obtain estimates of spending on biodiversity between 2000/01 and 2004/05, where possible distinguishing between:
- spending directly on reserves and conservation measures;
- related spending on administration and training;
- relevant research and development;
- whether the spending is direct on biodiversity, or through transfer payments to other organisations (in order to remove double counting of financial flows);
Note: Deflated using implied UK GDP deflator
Further Information:
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- Links:
- Defra: UK Environmental Protection Expenditure by Industry Survey
- Sustainable Development Indicators:
- UK Environmental Protection Expenditure
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Page last modified: 26 October 2006
Page published: 26 October 2006