The ConAccount Network

Material flow analysis (MFA) on regional and national level is a growing research field of increasing relevance to policy. MFA serves as a systems-wide diagnostic procedure related to environmental problems, supports the planning of adequate management measures and provides for monitoring the efficacy of the those measures. MFA allows early warning and supports precautionary measures. It detects problem shifting between regions and sectors. MFA quantifies the linkage of environmental problems and human activities. MFA provides aggregated information to support decision making.

ConAccount is an international network of institutions working on Material Flow Analysis (MFA).

The basic objectives of ConAccount are:

• to support information exchange between the scientists developing MFA and the users of the results,
• to provide the basis for the development of a coherent framework of MFA methodology,
• to promote the use of MFA in statistics and policy.

Please go to the ConAccount website to find further material, contacts, announcements, project descriptions, publications, etc.: www.conaccount.net.