Material flow accounts (MFAs) are: accounts in physical units (usually in tonnes),of the extraction, import, production, export, consumption, recycling and disposal of specific materials (e.g. water, fossil fuel, minerals, products, etc,) within a defined area (e.g. a country or region). This project represents a first attempt at generating material flow accounts for Ireland.
The data sources available for calculating flows of all materials in Ireland have been assessed and an initial estimate of such flows made - where data availability permits.
Data sources, data gaps & data reliability have been examined for the following areas of the Irish material flow scenario:
*** Domestic Extraction
− Agricultural biomass
− Biomass from fishing
− Biomass from forestry
− Fossil fuels
− Minerals
*** Imports and Exports (bar fossil fuels which are covered in section 4)
*** Unused Domestic Extraction
− Harvesting losses
− Fossil fuels
− Minerals
*** Material Outputs to the Environment
− Landfill
− Air
− Water
− Dissipative Use of Products

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SAFER-Data Display URL	https://eparesearch.epa.ie/safer/iso19115/display?isoID=26
Resource Keywords	Material Flows, Domestic Extraction Imports and Exports Material Outputs to the Environment
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Code	2001-EEO/DS-(1/1)
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Theme	Environmental Technologies
Resource Availability:	Public-Open
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Number of Attached Files (Publicly and Openly Available for Download):	3
Project Start Date	Saturday 1st June 2002 (01-06-2002)
Earliest Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Saturday 1st January 2000 (01-01-2000)
Most Recent Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Sunday 31st December 2000 (31-12-2000)
Published on SAFER	Monday 28th May 2007 (28-05-2007)
Date of Last Edit	Monday 28th May 2007 at 14:45:26 (28-05-2007)
Datasets or Files Updated On	Monday 28th May 2007 at 14:19:26 (28-05-2007)

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The following is a list of projects, datasets, and resources on SAFER-Data from which users downloaded attachments from soon after downloading attachments from this resource A preliminary estimate of total material flows in Ireland for the year 2000. You can view the full description for projects, datasets, and resources by using the links supplied.

• Towards a National Soil Database View Full Metadata Description
• National fossil fuel flow accounts with derived indicators for Ireland for the years 1990, 1996 and 2000 View Full Metadata Description
• Water flow accounts for the South Eastern River Basin District (SERBD) View Full Metadata Description
• Environmental Attitudes, Values and Behaviour in Ireland View Full Metadata Description
• Biodiversity in Ireland Plantation Forests (BIOFOREST) View Full Metadata Description

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