Environmental accounting in action : case studies from southern Africa Environmental Accounting in Action studies the experiences of Namibia Botswana and South Africa the core countries of a unique regional environmental accounting programme in Southern Africa. Covering minerals forestry fisheries and water each chapter provides important lessons about sustainable resource management. As a whole the case studies demonstrate how to overcome the many challenges of constructing environmental accounts and the mechanics of successful implementation. By providing a transparent system of information about the relationship between human activities and the environment the accounts have improved policy dialogue among different stakeholders and have played a significant role in environmental policy design 1. Basic concepts and methods of natural resource and environmental accounting 2. Mineral accounts : managing an exhaustible resource 3. Forestry accounts : capturing the value of forest and woodland resources 4. Fisheries accounts : management of a recovering fishery 5. Water accounts : an economic perspective on managing water scarcity 6. Managing natural capital and national wealth