Indicators

The following list is a conglomerate of all indicators from the frameworks and assessments posted on this website. They are organized into major domain categories to show where indicators from these different frameworks overlap.

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA)

Capacity for cultural services: spiritual value (?)

Capacity to mitigate floods: change in stream flow per unit precipitation (discharge: m3/sec)

Capacity to provide biological products: number of biological products of potential value

Climate change: annual rainfall (mm/year)

Condition of biodiversity: species richness (number of spp/unit area)

Condition of biodiversity: threatened species (% of spp at risk)

Condition of biodiversity: visibility of indicator species (probability of extinction)

Condition of fresh water: presence of contaminants (concentration of pollutants index of biotic integrity)

Condition of soil: soil nutrients (nutrient concentration)

Condition of soil: soil salinization (salt concentration)

Condition of vegetation: landscape fragmentation (mean patch size)

Invasive species: native vs. non-native species (percent of plant species)

Irrigation: water usage (m3/year)

Land cover conversion: area undergoing urbanization (has)

Production service: food production (yield: kg/ha/year)

Environmental Performance Index

Agriculture: Degree of Regulation of Toxic Pesticides

Agriculture: Percentage of Country Area Burned

Agriculture: Percentage of Irrigated Area that is in Water Stressed Areas

Air pollution (effects on humans): Percentage of Population Using Solid Fuels

Air pollution (effects on humans): Population‐weighted PM10 Concentration in Urban Areas

Air pollution (effects on humans): Population‐weighted accumulated hourly concentrations of high level ozone

Air Pollution (Effects on Environment): Exceedance square‐kilometer‐hours per square kilometer

Air Pollution (Effects on Environment): Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) emissions per populated land area

Biodiversity and habitat: Effective Conservation by Biome

Biodiversity and habitat: Percentage of Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Area that is Protected

Biodiversity and habitat: Percent of Alliance for Zero Extinction Sites Protected

Biodiversity and habitat: Ratio of Protected to Converted Lands

Climate change: Sum of emissions from fossil fuel combustion for electricity,heat and power generation

Climate change: Total emissions from industry sector, divided by industrial GDP

Climate change: Emissions of greenhouse gases, in CO2 equivalents, and emissions attributable to land use

Environmental burden of disease: Disability Adjusted Life Year or DALY ( Years of life lost per 1,000 population)

Fisheries: Slope of Marine Trophic Index from 1950‐2004

Forestry: Agricultural Subsidies represented by Nominal Rates of Assistance (NRA) by country

Forestry: Change in the Volume of Growing Stock

Forestry: Percentage of Cropland Area that is in Agriculture‐dominated Landscapes

Forestry: Percentage of Exclusive Economic Zone Area Trawled

Water (Effects on Environment): Percentage of Nation with Water Stress (withdrawals exceed 40% of supply)

Water (Effects on Environment): Water quality index

Water (Effects on Humans) : Percentage of Population with Access to Improved Drinking Water Source

Water (Effects on Humans) : Percentage of Population with Access to Improved Sanitation

EPA's Report on the Environment

Chemicals Used on the Land: Fertilizer Applied for Agricultural Purposes

Chemicals Used on the Land: Pesticide Residues in Food

Chemicals Used on the Land: Reported Pesticide Incidents

Chemicals Used on the Land: Toxics in Wastes Combusted for Energy Recovery, Released, Treated, or Recycled

Coastal Waters: Coastal Benthic Communities

Coastal Waters: Coastal Sediment Quality

Coastal Waters: Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico and Long Island Sound

Coastal Waters: Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay

Coastal Waters: Trophic State of Coastal Waters

Consumable Fish and Shellfish: Coastal Fish Tissue Contaminants

Consumable Fish and Shellfish: Contaminants in Lake Fish Tissue

Contaminated Land: Current Human Exposures Under Control at High-Priority Cleanup Sites

Contaminated Land: Migration of Contaminated Ground Water Under Control at High-Priority Cleanup Sites

Drinking Water: Population Served by Community Water Systems with No Reported of Health-Based Standards

Ecological Condition: Bird Populations

Ecological Condition: Carbon Storage in Forests

Ecological Condition: Ecological Connectivity in EPA Region 4

Ecological Condition: Fish Faunal Intactness

Ecological Condition: Forest Extent and Type

Ecological Condition: Forest Fragmentation

Ecological Condition: Non-Indigenous Benthic Species in the Estuaries of the Pacific Northwest

Ecological Condition: Relative Ecological Condition of Undeveloped Land in EPA Region 5

Ecological Condition: Sea Level

Ecological Condition: Sea Surface Temperature

Ecological Condition: U.S. and Global Mean Temperature and Precipitation

Fresh Surface Waters: Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Wadeable Streams

Fresh Surface Waters: High and Low Stream Flows

Fresh Surface Waters: Nitrogen and Phosphorus Loads in Large Rivers

Fresh Surface Waters: Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Streams in Agricultural Watersheds

Fresh Surface Waters: Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Wadeable Streams

Fresh Surface Waters: Pesticides in Streams in Agricultural Watersheds

Fresh Surface Waters: Streambed Stability in Wadeable Streams

Greenhouse gases: Atmospheric Concentrations of Greenhouse Gases

Greenhouse gases: U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Ground Water: Nitrate and Pesticides in Shallow Ground Water in Agricultural Watersheds

Human Exposure and Health: Asthma Prevalence

Human Exposure and Health: Birth Defects Prevalence and Mortality

Human Exposure and Health: Blood Cadmium Level

Human Exposure and Health: Blood Lead Level

Human Exposure and Health: Blood Mercury Level

Human Exposure and Health: Blood Persistent Organic Pollutants Level

Human Exposure and Health: Cancer Incidence

Human Exposure and Health: Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence and Mortality

Human Exposure and Health: Childhood Cancer Incidence

Human Exposure and Health: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Prevalence and Mortality

Human Exposure and Health: General Mortality

Human Exposure and Health: Infant Mortality

Human Exposure and Health: Infectious Diseases Associated with Environmental Exposures or Conditions

Human Exposure and Health: Life Expectancy at Birth

Human Exposure and Health: Low Birthweight

Human Exposure and Health: Preterm Delivery

Human Exposure and Health: Urinary Pesticide Level

Human Exposure and Health: Urinary Phthalate Level

Indoor Air Quality: Blood Cotinine Level

Indoor Air Quality: U.S. Homes Above EPA’s Radon Action Level

Land Use: Land Use

Land Use: Urbanization and Population Change

Land cover: Land Cover

Land cover: Land Cover in the Puget Sound/Georgia Basin

Outdoor air quality: Acid Deposition

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