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Concept selected: Environmental protection activities

Definition

Activities including within environmental protection are as follows:
Air and climate protection, waste water management, waste management, soil groundwater and surface waters protection and decontamination, noise and vibration reduction, protection against radiation (excluding outside safety), research and development related to the environment, other environmental protection activities such as training, education, administrative tasks, etc.
In order to see the different activities in more detail, please refer to the Classification of Environment Protection Activities (CAPA), a a European Union framework classification for defining what environmental protection is, and what it isn't.

Source

Handbook on Environmental Goods and Services Sector

Topic

Statistical operations

(enlaces al Inventario de Operaciones Estadísticas)

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