Eco Sustainability Criteria UNEP

Proposed Indicators of Biogeophysical Sustainability

ECOSYSTEMS

AGRICULTURE

FORESTS

RANGE -LANDS

WILDLIFE/ WILDLANDS

FRESWATER FISHERIES

WETLANDS/

GROUND WATER

COASTAL RESOURCES

MARINE FISHERIES

Landscape composition and patterns

Filed size and mix

Land-use conversion rate

Spatial variation of vegetation types

Patches (gaps)

Land-use conversion rate

Grazing gradients

Spatial variation of vegetation types

Habitat patchiness (gaps)

Corridors

Land-use conversion rate

Spawning and nursery habitats pool structure corridors

Riparian vegetation

Spatial variation of aquatic systems

Spatial variation of ecosystem types (incl. Reefs, mangroves)

Patchiness (gaps)

Spawning and nursery habitats

Production of goods and services

Crop productivity (output/input) Crop genetic reserve

Wood and non-timber product yield

Stocking density

Foliage crop productivity

Game hunting yield

Population dynamic of wildlife

Total catch

Catch composition (size and species)

Catch per unit effort

Water withdrawal

Fishing yield

Wood and non-timber vegetation product yield

Total catch

Catch composition (size and species)

Catch per unit effort

biological diversity

Species richness and diversity of indicator group

Population size of keystone species

Crop diversity

Soil and pest

Organism diversity

Species richness and diversity of indicator group

Population size of keystone species

Species richness and diversity of indicator group

Population size of keystone species

Species richness and diversity of indicator group

Population size of keystone species

Species richness and diversity of indicator group

Population size of keystone species

Species richness and diversity of indicator group

Population size of keystone species

water quality and quantity

Salinity

Seasonally

Pollutant concentration

Seasonally

Evapotranspiration fluxes

Pollutant concentrations base flow

Precipitation pattern pollutant concentrations

Seasonally

Dissolved oxygen concentration

Nitrogen (ammonium) concentration

pH and eutrophication

Pollutant concentration

Seasonally (incl. Flood plain inundation)

Eutrophication

Pollutant concentrations

Seasonally (incl. River discharge)

Eutrophication

Salinity, nutrient concentration

Pollutant concentration

Seasonally

Nutrient (plankton) concentrations

Pollutant concentration

soil properties

Organic carbon content

Nutrient content

Cation exchange capacity

Erosion rate

Nutrient content

Salinity

Organic carbon content

Nutrient content

Soil type

Organic carbon content

Nutrient content

Substrate condition

Metal-ion and other pollutant concentration

Erosivity

Sediment delivery

Pollutant concentration

energy and nutrient flows

Parent rock nutrient mobilization

Nutrient (fertilizer) input fluxes

Energy efficiency and quality

Primary productivity

Nutrient mobilization

Primary productivity

Progressive changes

Bioaccumulation of pollutants

Primary productivity

Nutrient fluxes

Primary productivity

Bioaccumulation of pollutants

atmospheric composition

Acid precipitation

UV-b irradiation

Troposphere ozone concentration

Carbon dioxide concentration

Acid precipitation

UV-b irradiation

Troposphere ozone concentration

Carbon dioxide concentration

Acid precipitation

UV-b irradiation

Troposphere ozone

Acid precipitation

UV-b irradiation

Troposphere ozone

Acid precipitation

UV-b irradiation

Acid precipitation

UV-b

Deposition of pollutants

UV-b irradiation

Troposphere ozone

UV-b irradiation

climate