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State of the environment A Technical Guide to New Zealands Environmental Indicators Online version
4 Indicator Specifications
This section briefly describes the core set of national environmental indicators and their associated variables, calculation and measurement methodologies, and data sources. The section also provides information on how the indicator/variables discussed compare to other indicator sets used internationally and in New Zealand.
In addition, this section presents a suggested reporting format for each variable to ensure consistency by Ministry staff in the presentation of data over time. While the Ministry will always seek raw data from its reporting partners (ie, agencies which generate or collate environmental data which supports national-scale state of the environment reporting), it is useful to formally record the format in which the Ministry will be presenting summary-level data in its reporting products.
The sample reporting format is provided as an illustration rather than a prescription. The Ministry for the Environment welcomes discussion about the best way to graphically present indicator and variable data.
- 4.1 Household consumption
- 4.2 Transport
- 4.3 Energy – supply and demand
- 4.4 Waste
- 4.5 Air
- 4.6 Atmosphere – greenhouse gases
- 4.7 Atmosphere – stratospheric ozone
- 4.8 Land – land cover
- 4.9 Land – land use
- 4.10 Land – soil health
- 4.11 Land – erosion risk
- 4.12 Freshwater – water quality
- 4.13 Freshwater – demand
- 4.14 Oceans – fish stocks
- 4.15 Oceans – seabed trawling
- 4.16 Oceans – recreational water quality
- 4.17 Oceans – marine protected areas
- 4.18 Biodiversity – native land cover
- 4.19 Biodiversity – indicator species
