Preliminary Program Participants and Abstracts

Environment Aspects

Environment Indicators and Indices

2.8.0 Evaluation of Environment Indicators and Indices
Section 2.8.0 Assessment Scoring

2.8.1 Evaluation of Environment Issues and Concerns
Section 2.8.1 Assessment Scoring

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2.8 Evaluation of Environment Indicators and Indices

A.    Indicators of environmental quality
        A.1    Biological indicators: pollutants in human
        A.2    Biological and biochemical indicators
        A.3    Sense of smell
B.    Facts about the state of the environment
C.    Global indicators and indices
        C.1    The threat of global warming
        C.2    Destruction of the ozone layer
        C.3    Other environmental stresses
D.    Noise pollution indicators
E.    Environmental indices for radioactivity releases
F.    Land, plants and animals indicators and indices
        F.1    Land indicators
        F.2    Preserving natural areas and protecting plants indicators
        F.3    Wildlife indicators
        F.4    National park indicators
        F.5    Forest indicators
        F.6    Sustainable forest management
        F.7    Sustainable forestry development
        F.8    Logging and pulp mills issues
        F.9    A sustainable agricultural development,land strategy and organic food production
        F.10    Soil quality index
        F.11    Getting information on land use and resource issues
G.    Air indicators and indices
        G.1    Acid and toxic rain
        G.2    Air pollution indicators
        G.3    Air quality indices and indicators
        G.4    Plants as indicators of air quality
        G.5    Air pollutants from mobile and stationary sources
        G.6    Emission of air pollutants from energy facilities
        G.7    Environmental pathways and impacts of air pollutants
        G.8    Economic consequences of air pollution from combustion facilities
        G.9    Methods of abatement of air pollution from stationary sources
        G.10    Costs of reducing emissions from mobile sources
H.    Water indicators and indices
        H.1    Water management indicators
        H.2    Water quality objective
        H.3    Protection of fresh water resources indicators
        H.4    River water quality
        H.5    Sustainability in fishery
        H.6    Water pollution issues
I.    Pollution indicators and indices
        I.1    Management of pollutant indicators
        I.2    Waste management indicators
        I.3    Toxic substances indicators
        I.4    Costs of pollution and abatement indicators

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Section 2.8 Assessment Scoring

Section Assessment Scoring
Evaluation of Environment Indicators and Indices

I(normalized) = 0.700

In this assessment, the values used for I(normalized) are the same as those obtained and described in section 2.3 The Mathematical Model. The two tables in The Scale of Values obtained from the survey, guess-estimated and standard give all normalized values in their last columns. Although most values were not given here, they were obtained a few years ago by evaluating each impact as shown in section 2.3 under Impact equation example: Forestry. It is obvious now that one has to keep updating these impact equation calculations every year as the world is changing very fast. Their calculations are a very powerful educational tool and should be used in school to educate students in thinking globally and in terms of interactions and their multidimensional effects within themselves and on all four major interacting quality systems. To become responsible in sustaining Earth has to start at early stage in someone's life and calculating impact equations would be one of their first steps.

Sub-section % = Total number of points for the subsection x 100%
Total number of questions for the sub-section 5

Section Rating = Sub-section % total x 0.700
80

= GESDI for this section

This value of GESDI is then added to the values in the other sections of this assessment report. The total value for GESDI is the GESDI for the home and the community it belongs to.

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2.8.1 Evaluation of Environment Issues and Concerns

1. Arctic
2. The role of the Environment as a source of natural capital
3. Biological Diversity
4. Protected natural Areas
5. Ecological Protection
6. Endangered Species
7. Protection of Wild Fauna
8. Protection of Wild Flora
9. Migratory wild species
10. Marines mammals and birds
11. Legal mechanisms to ensure coverage of damage to renewable natural resources
12. Heritage Sites
13. Regulations related to the transport, use, and disposal of hazardous wastes/dangerous goods
14. Toxic Product and Waste
15. Hazardous Materials
16. Solid Wastes
17. Radioactive Wastes
18. Pesticides
19. Industrial Pollution
20. The Pacific Salmon
21. Oceans
22. Coastal Areas
23. Mountains
24. Desertification
25. Drought
26. Land
27. Wetlands
28. Soils
29. Wildlife
30. Physical values
31. Forestry
32. Water Pollution
33. Marine Issues
34. Air Issues
35. Air Pollution
36. Protected Areas
37. Atmosphere
38. Global Warming
39. Ozone Layer
40. Ozone Depleting Substances
41. Climate Change:
i) The Global Climate Observing System
ii) International Council of Scientific Unions
iii) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
iv) World Meteorological Organization
v) United Nations Environment Programme
vi) Earthwatch
vii) Agenda 21
42. Measurement of Indicators
43. Monitoring
44. Making results of measurements available on the Internet
45. Ecosystems
46. Acid rain damage
47. Water quality
48. Recreational areas
49. Soil productivity
50. Watersheds
51. Forest soil erosion
52. Vegetation
53. Soil carrying capacity
54. Old-growth trees
55. Air quality
56. Fresh water
57. Ozone depletion substances