Impacto de los cambios mesurables de la producción y el sistema de contabilidad ambiental nacional

Abstract

This research project analyzes the measurable changes in the production of goods and services in the Food Industry Sector of Tungurahua province, having the environment as part of a productive set through the study of the methods of economic valuation of the environment as well as studying the existing relationship with the National Environmental Accounting System, in this way is to identify and analyze the value given to the environment in the sector, the fair allocation of resources and the main defensive activities to counteract environmental deterioration due to the use of resources and the environmental impact caused by industrial activity. To this end, the literature concerning the problem was reviewed, such as production, environmental regulations, economic valuation of the environment, environmental disasters, environmental accounting, among the most important and studies carried out with the purpose of understanding the behavior of the environment in the food industry as a source of resources. The research was carried out to 18 companies of the Industrial Food Sector of the province of Tungurahua that provided the necessary information for the development of the research, as well as the economic value of the environment in that sector, amounting to $ 3,423,047.26.