Main approaches to and features of the development of information and analytical systems for ensuring sustainable development of territories based on the standard of environmental-economic accounting

Аim. We develop approaches to the creation of information and analytical systems in the regions of the Russian Federation to ensure the sustainable development of territories based on the standard of environmental-economic accounting implemented in the Russian Federation. The object of the study is the system of information support of territorial administration bodies in the field of nature management and environmental protection.

Methodology. Approaches and features of adaptation in the Russian Federation of the international standard “System of environmental-economic accounting” (SEEA1) and guidelines on ecosystem accounting2 are identified. The system-forming role of these documents in generalizing data and ensuring the connectivity of the country’s territory through the creation of a hierarchical innovative data system combining environmental and socio-economic indicators, interconnected by levels of territorial organization and areas of economic activity, in common approaches and formats is shown. The methodology of the standard makes it possible to form special sets of statistical, administrative and other data on the state and use of natural resources in conjunction with relevant economic indicators.

Results. The approaches and features of the development of an information and analytical system for ensuring sustainable development of territories on the SEEA platform are determined. The importance of SEEA is shown as an information basis for making informed decisions on sustainable territorial development and the «blue» economy in conditions of high natural and anthropogenic risks.

Research implications. Studies of international and domestic experience in the development and implementation of SEEA at various levels of territorial organization have shown that this standard does not contradict the Russian statistical tradition, and is also capable of acting as a systemforming core of information and analytical systems for ensuring sustainable development of territories. Its adaptation in different geographical conditions makes it possible to provide stakeholders with complete and reliable information about the physical and economic parameters of ecosystem assets, ecosystem services, depletion/degradation and replenishment/restoration of ecosystems, beneficiaries (income and benefits received) and other characteristics.

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