Economy-wide Natural Resources Flow Assessment

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Table of Contents

Material Flow 5

Classification of Resources 5

Accounting Scheme for Natural Material Flows 6

Economy-wide Material Flow Indicators 7

Extraction, Production, and Consumption. 8

Energy Resources. 9

Structure of Primary Energy Resources 9

Final Consumption of Energy Resources 10

Used Energy Resources for Generation of Electricity 11

Final Consumption of Electricity 12

Energy-Intensity. 13

Eco-efficiency of the Energy Sector. 13

Eco-efficiency of the Transport Sector. 16

Waste from the Energy Sector 19

Mineral Resources. 20

Stock of Mineral Deposits. 21

Extraction of Mineral Resources 22

Import of Mineral Resources. 24

Produced Production. 26

Export of Mineral Resources. 26

Construction Waste 28

Eco-efficiency of Mining and Construction Sectors. 28

Peat Resources 30

Peat Reserves. 31

Peat Extraction. 31

Peat Consumption.. 33

Peat Export. 33

Peat Import.. 33

Wood Resources. 34

Growing Stock 34

Timber Felling. 35

Import of Wood and Wood Products. 36

Use of Wood 38

Export of Wood and Wood Products. 39

Remains from Wood Processing. 40

Eco-efficiency of the Forestry Sector 41

Forest Areas. 42

Forest Health 44

Forest Damages. 45

Forest Regeneration and Afforestation 46

Game Animals Resources 48

Hunting of Selected Game Animals 49

Population Size of Selected Game Animals 49

Hunting Limits for Selected Game Animals 49

Fish Resources 51

Catch in the Baltic Sea 52

Limits of Latvian Catches in the Baltic Sea. 53

High-Sea Fish Catch 54

Industrial Fish Catch in Inland Waters 55

Import of Fish and Fish Products. 56

Fish Products. 58

Export of Fish and Fish Products.. 60

Waste from Fish Processing 62

Spawning Stock Biomass. 62

Number of Fish Whitebait and Larvae Released in Natural Water Bodies 64

Eco-efficiency of Fishery Sector. 66

Water Resources. 69

Water Reserves. 70

Water Abstraction from Surface and Ground Water sources 71

Changes in the Ground Water Level in Riga and Liepaja. 71

Water Consumption. 73

Water Losses. 74

Water Use in Reversible Systems 74

Sewage Canalisation in Surface Water. 74

Canalisation of Polluting Substances in Surface Water from the Point Sources 76

Sewage Sludge. 77

Material Flow Derived Indicators. 79

Waste 84

Non-hazardous and Hazardous Waste 84

Used Packaging 86