Indicators for Environmental Aspects of
Sustainable Development
Table of Contents
Water
Chapter
18: Protection of the quality and supply of freshwater resources
- Annual withdrawals of ground and surface water
- Domestic consumption of water per capita
- Groundwater reserves
- Concentration of faecal coliform in freshwater
- Biochemical oxygen demand in water bodies
- Waste
- water treatment coverage
- Density of hydrological networks
Chapter
17: Protection of the oceans, all kinds of seas and coastal areas
- Population growth in coastal areas
- Discharges of oil into coastal waters
- Releases of nitrogen and phosphorus to coastal waters
- Maximum sustained yield for fisheries
- Algae index
Land
Chapter
10: Integrated approach to the planning and management of land
resources
- Land use change
- Changes in land condition
- Decentralized local
- level natural resource management
Chapter
12: Managing fragile ecosystems: combating desertification and drought
- Population living below poverty line in dryland areas
- National monthly rainfall index
- Satellite derived vegetation index
- Land affected by desertification
Chapter
13: Managing fragile ecosystems: sustainable mountain development
- Population change in mountain areas - Sustainable use of natural
resources in mountain areas - Welfare of mountain populations
Chapter
14: Promoting sustainable agriculture and rural development
- Use of agricultural pesticides
- Use of fertilizers
- Irrigation percent of arable land
- Energy use in agriculture
- Arable land per capita
- Area affected by salinization and waterlogging
- Agricultural education
Other natural resources
Chapter
11: Combating deforestation
- Wood harvesting intensity
- Forest area change
- Managed forest area ratio
- Protected forest area as a percent of total forest area
Chapter
15: Conservation of biological diversity
- Threatened species as a percent of total native species
- Protected area as a percent of total area
Chapter
16: Environmentally sound management of biotechnology
- R & D expenditure for biotechnology
- Existence of national biosafety regulations or guidelines
Atmosphere
Chapter
9: Protection of the atmosphere
- Emissions of greenhouse gasses
- Emissions of sulphur oxides
- Emissions on nitrogen oxides
- Consumption of ozone depleting substances
- Ambient concentrations of pollutants in urban areas
- Expenditure on air pollution abatement
Waste
Chapter
21: Environmentally sound management of solid wastes and
sewage-related issues
- Generation of industrial and municipal solid waste
- Household waste disposed per capita
- Expenditure on waste management
- Waste recycling and reuse
- Municipal waste disposal
Chapter
19: Environmentally sound management of toxic chemicals
- Chemically induced acute poisonings
- Number of chemicals banned or severely restricted
Chapter
20: Environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes
- Generation of hazardous wastes
- Imports and exports of hazardous wastes
- Area of land contaminated by hazardous wastes
- Expenditure on hazardous waste treatment
Chapter
22: Safe and environmentally sound management of radioactive wastes
- Generation of radioactive wastes
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