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The State accounts for natural resources. A budget of 1,5 $ million is provided by the Waves program for the accounting and valuation of ecosystem services.

Sustainable accounting system.
A budget of 1,5 $ million is planned for the Waves, a means for the accounting of natural resources and ecosystem services valuation, in partnership with the World Bank.

And after a release of the Waves programme (Wealth Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services), implementation since 2012, the posting was made on four components, namely, the development of indicators for assessing the sustainability of macroeconomic performance, accounting for mineral resources, in order to answer the questions related to the capture and mining annuity reinvestment by the State, another for an efficient allocation of water resources, and one last, protected areas and forest ecosystems.

Six accounts have thus been carried out, on the water sectors, Tourism, wood, protected areas, mines and fisheries resources. The first results of this accounting, conducted by the national Institute of statistics (INSTAT), in collaboration with the General Direc¬tion of taxes and the Central Bank, and the adjusted net savings will come out in June 2016, According to the explanations of the Waves program coordinator, Ataur Rahman.

A safer measure
At the same level as the gross domestic product, the Waves is used to generate information on the value of natural capital, including the mines, gems and forests, but also to integrate information, for policy analysis and development of the country through strategies planning. According to a release, the Waves is to "integrate at the level of national accounts the value of natural capital. : agricultural land, water resources, forests and protected areas, mines.. The accounting will have a safer and more realistic asset measure, their contribution to exports, employment and Government revenues.

And after the explanations of Ataur Rahman, the statistics which will be posted at the national level, will help to initiate investigations, possibly take scientific measures. Collected measurements will be used to establish strategic public policies, capable of ensuring an increasing total wealth per capita, in time. Malagasy natural capital represents more of 50% his total wealth. Cepen¬dant, the Government of Madagascar has not yet developed a policy of this capital management. The establishment of the Waves is, According to the explanations of the Coordinator, a start for a proper management of the resources.

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