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Earthwatch is actively involved in encouraging the development of indicators of environment and sustainable development, as a way to improve the delivery of information for decision-making.

The call of Agenda 21 for indicators of sustainable development led to a new wave of international action on the development of many kinds of indicators (see Agenda21, Chapter 40).

Access to important work in this field are available by:
UN organizations;
Other organizations;
environmental issues;
regions; or
countries.

Below are available some general Earthwatch documents on indicators.

Earthwatch Earlier Documents on Indicators

Current status of indicator work - July 1998
A short summary of major issues concerning environment and sustainable development indicators

Towards Indicators of Sustainability
Paper presented by Arthur Dahl at the SCOPE SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOP ON  INDICATORS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (Wuppertal, 15-17 November 1995)
Reviews the concept of sustainability, the dimensions of sustainability, including the temporal dimension, looking beyond sustainability to sustainable development, the varieties of sustainable development, and some concepts for indicating sustainability.

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