Environmental Indicators for North America
Environmental Indicators for North America

Author: United Nations Environment Programme

Publisher: UNEP/Earthprint

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 9789280726831

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Although the environment of North America is not dissected by political borders, Canada and the United States often measure environmental conditions and report on them using different indicators. This report examines the environmental indicators used by both nations, and based on analysis of current research into common methodologies used in national, regional and global environmental reporting, it goes on to draw lessons for the development of bilateral indicators to cover the North American region.

Environmental Indicators for National State of the Environment Reporting
Environmental Indicators for National State of the Environment Reporting

Author:

Publisher: Environment Australia Department of Environment

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9780642545282

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This report provides a proposed set of key environmental indicators for natural and cultural heritage as part of Commonwealth state of the environment reporting. These are the minimum set of indicators that will provide rigorous data describing the major trends and impacts on Australia's places and objects of natural, indigenous and historic value.

Environmental Indicators for National State of the Environment Reporting
Environmental Indicators for National State of the Environment Reporting

Author: Department of the Environment Australien

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9780642545275

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Present a key set of environmental indicators for inland waters for national state of the environment reporting; ensure that the list of indicators adequately covers all major environmental themes and issues; examine each indicator in detail to ensure that it is rigorously defined and measurable and in an interpretive framework; identify suitable monitoring strategies for each indicator - including measurement techniques, appropriate temporal and spatial scales for measurement and reporting, data storage and presentation techniques, and the appropriate geographical extent of monitoring; identify relevant data sources for each indicator, if these are available; define the baseline information that is needed to properly interpret the behaviour of the indicators.

State of the Environment Reporting
State of the Environment Reporting

Author: P. C. Rump

Publisher: Incumbent

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13:

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Good environmental information is essential for effective sustainable development policy-making and action planning. Accurate information increases the chances for correct decisions. This does not guarantee a healthier environment, but its absence seriously impedes decisions which would lead to a sustainable future. Ideally, local, sectoral, corporate, national, regional, and global reports should complement one other, using, for example, common spatial units and databases. In reality comprehensive and integrated information is often not available for today's decision makers. The Source Book is designed to help to harmonize environmental reporting by encouraging the development of standard methods, practices, and terminology. It evaluates and compares alternative approaches for the development, production, and dissemination of environmental information, and combines the collective experience of environmental reporting, covering all aspects of reporting from user needs to data supply.