The objective of environment statistics is to provide information about the environment, its most important changes over time and across locations and the main factors that influence them. The scope of environment statistics covers biophysical aspects of the environment and those aspects of the socioeconomic system that directly influence and interact with the environment such as water, air, climate, biodiversity, land use, forest, marine ecosystems, pollution, energy, soild waste, access to water, extreme events and disasters, etc.