• SUDESH SATYAVAN SHETKAR
• Dr. Anthony Rodrigues

ABSTRACT: The present research paper examines the importance of environmental accounting for local self-government towards environmental protection and management, evaluates the role of local self-government towards promotion and development of environmental accounting and also investigates the local self-government initiatives towards sustainable environmental development. For this study 5, local self-government body has selected from Goa, based on random sampling technics. The analysis highlights that environmental accounting has a multi-dimensional construct rather than a one-dimensional form. Three main aspects of environmental accounting are firstly direct monetary and physical flows in environmental protection and management. Secondly, for accounting - environmental costs and impacts are hidden in overheads and future periods in waste management, thirdly accounting for external environmental costs and effects in waste management. Similarly, critical roles of government in promoting and development of environmental accounting is vision/goal setter, leader by example, facilitator, green fiscal authority, and innovator/catalyst. The study even highlights that a moderate level of environmental accounting has found in local government towards environmental protection and management. It has seen that local self-government has used around half of the environmental accounting information items included in this research.

Environmental Accounting, Local Self Government, Environmental Protection and Management, Sustainable Development.

"Environmental Accounting For Local Self Government ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.852-858, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808123.pdf

"Environmental Accounting For Local Self Government ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp852-858, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808123.pdf