Publication Repertory

This publication is based on the data content of the volume titled “Environmental report”, published three times to date, and is the updated version of the last publication, issued in 2012. It discusses the status of environmental elements, and presents statistical data on water, air, land and the living world, as well as the available information on wastes and energy, considerably affecting the state and resources of our environment. The publication contains environmental information based on the data of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (HCSO) or composed with the contribution of HCSO. Its primary aim is to summarise the available information and to exhibit that with the help of figures and maps. Background information and supplementary tables are available for users in the HCSO database, the publication contains their access path.

Studies describing the state, protection and renewal of and pressure on the environment and databases serving as the basis for the studies are nowadays in high demand. The current publication is based on the previous two Environmental reports of Hungary, published in 2006 and 2008. However, numerous changes in terms of data, look and content have been made. A new feature of the publication is the references - marked in green – to help readers search more quickly by making it easier to move between chapters. Besides presenting statistical data on natural resources, such as water, air, land and wildlife, the publication is also concerned with waste and energy issues of high importance as well as environmental protection expenditures and environment-related taxes.