ENVIRONMENT STATISTICS IN TURKEY Aynur TOKEL Head of Environment Statistics Group TurkStat

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ENVIRONMENT STATISTICS IN TURKEYAynur
TOKELHead of Environment Statistics
GroupTurkStat

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TurkStat - ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

• CENTRAL ORGANISATION
• Central Organization comprises main service
  units, advisory units and auxiliary service
  units. Data processing and dissemination are
  conducted in the central office.
• REGIONAL ORGANISATION
• In the context of national-scale censuses and
  surveys, the regional organisation of TurkStat is
  in charge of compiling, controlling, data entry
  and transferring to the head office.
• TurkStat has 26 regional offices.

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TurkStat - ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

• In the Central Office, there are 11 departments
  each of them consisting of several groups and
  various teams under these groups.
• Environment Statistics Group is structured under
  the Agriculture and Environment Statistics
  Department.
• There are 3 teams under Environment Statistics
  Group
• Air Statistics Team
• Water and Solid Waste Statistics Team
• Environmental Accounts Team

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OVERVIEW

• Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has been
  dealing with the environmental statistics
  according to the framework of the OECD core set
  of environmental data and indicators since 1990.
  All data produced in environmental statistics are
  harmonized with OECD/EUROSTAT definitions and
  classifications.
• Main environmental topics
• air
• water
• wastewater
• waste
• environmental expenditure

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OVERVIEW
After Statistics Law of Turkey was enacted in
2005, Official Statistics Programme has been
prepared for 2007-2011. So programmed period
for the Turkish Statistical System has been
launched with the Official Statistics
Programme. Within the context of the Programme,
responsible and related institutions are defined,
data compilation methodology and the publication
periodicity/schedule of official statistics are
specified. Based on the program Annual National
Data Release Calendar is prepared and announced
on the web pages of all institutions involved in
the Programme.
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OVERVIEW

• Official Statistics Programme contains 6 domains
• Statistical Infrastructure
• Social and Demographical Statistics
• Macroeconomic Statistics
• Business Statistics
• Agricultural Statistics
• Environment Statistics

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OVERVIEW
Environment Statistics
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OVERVIEW

• Main stakeholders in Official Statistical
  Programme
• Ministry of Environment and Forestry
• Ministry of Interior
• Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources
• Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
• Ministry of Transportation
• Ministry of Health
• Ministry of Finance
• Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade
• Undersecretariat of Treasury
• Undersecretariat of Customs
• State Planning Organisation

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• AIR QUALITY STATISTICS
• Since 1990, sulphur dioxide (SO2) and
  particulate matter (PM) data which are
  periodically measured throughout Turkey and
  transferred to TurkStat have been evaluated and
  published in monthly, winter season and annual
  press releases.
• 1990- September 2007 (Ministry of Health)
• October 2007 onwards (Ministry of
  Environment and Forestry)

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• GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION INVENTORY
• National greenhouse gas emissions are estimated
  annually by using the IPCC (Intergovernmental
  Panel on Climate Change) Guidelines and Good
  Practice Guidance (GPG).
• National Inventory Report (NIR) and Common
  Reporting Format Reporter (CRFR) tables have been
  prepared as a time series starting from 1990.
  Uncertainty analysis, trend analysis and key
  source categories have also been prepared by
  TurkStat.

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• WATER AND WASTEWATER STATISTICS
• data on public water supply by sources,
• rate of population served by drinking water
  networks and treatment plants,
• number, type and capacity of water treatment
  plants,
• number of subscribers,
• amount of water sold,
• data on amount of discharged wastewater by type
  of receiving bodies,
• rate of population served by sewerage and
  treatment plants,
• number, type and capacity of wastewater treatment
  plants,
• amount of wastewater treated
• are compiled from all MUNICIPALITIES via annual
  surveys since 1994

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• WATER AND WASTEWATER STATISTICS
• data on water supply by sources,
• water use
• data on amount of discharged wastewater by type
  of receiving bodies,
• number, type and capacity of wastewater treatment
  plants,
• amount of wastewater treated,
• amount and disposal methods of treatment sludge
• are compiled from MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
  ESTABLISHMENTS since 1992 and ORGANISED
  INDUSTRIAL REGIONS and THERMAL POWER PLANTS since
  1994.

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• WASTE STATISTICS
• Rate of population receiving solid waste services
• Municipal waste collected seasonally
• Municipal waste disposal
• Technical information about currently used and
  closed landfills.
• medical waste collected separately
• medical waste by destination
• are compiled from all MUNICIPALITIES via
  Municipal Waste Statistics Survey.

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• WASTE STATISTICS
• Technical information of disposal and recovery
  facilities
• Amount of waste brought to disposal and recovery
  facilities by
• type
• source
• disposal/recovery method
• are compiled from all MUNICIPALITIES providing
  waste disposal or recovery services via Waste
  Disposal and Recovery Facilities Survey.

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• WASTE STATISTICS
• Amount of waste generation by type of waste
• Amount of waste by disposal methods
• Amount of hazardous waste generated
• Amount of hazardous waste by disposal methods
• Sludge production in wastewater treatment plants
  and sludge disposal
• are compiled from MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
  ESTABLISHMENTS since 1992.

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• ENVIRONMENTAL EXPENDITURE STATISTICS
• Environmental current and investment expenditure
  of
• governmental organisations (since 1997)
• municipalities (since 2001)
• local administration unions for water and
  sewerage services (since 2005)
• mining and quarrying (since 2007)
• manufacturing industry (since 2007)
• electricity, gas, and water (since 2007)
• organized industrial regions (2000-2004)
• Environmental revenues of
• municipalities (since 2001)
• mining and quarrying (since 2007)
• manufacturing industry (since 2007)
• electricity, gas, and water (since 2007)
• are collected via annual surveys.

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• ENVIRONMENTAL EXPENDITURE STATISTICS
• Classification of Environmental Protection
  Activities (CEPA) is used for defining the scope
  of environmental activities,
• In Turkey
• water management
• energy

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS

• TurkStat worked on Sustainable Development
  Indicators first within the MEDSTAT-ENV project
• In the scope of the project, 62 environment and
  environment related indicators were exercised, of
  which 29 SDI calculated
• In 2006, studies for calculating SDIs for Turkey
  based on Eurostat SDI list have been initiated.
  And 58 out of 142 have been produced. And
  selected indicators have been published as a
  press releases.

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DATA DISSEMINATION

• All environment statistics produced are visible
  through press releases and publicly accessible at
  TurkStat website.
• http//www.turkstat.gov.tr/
• TurkStat replies OECD/Eurostat Joint
  Questionnaires on
• Inland Water
• Environmental Protection Expenditure and Revenues
  
• Also,
• Based on Waste Statistics Regulation, waste data
  has been reported to Eurostat. (2004, 2006)

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DATA DISSEMINATION

• Work for setting up an Integrated Environment
  Statistics Database is now going on.
• The database has a modular structure

Air quality statistics and municipal waste
statistics moduls have been completed and
available on internet