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Title: Sustainability Indicators


1
Sustainability Indicators
  • Value for Management Policy
  • (Tim Reuwsaat Jeanne Wade Evans)

2
Differences
  • Jurisdictions
  • Laws
  • Uses
  • Values
  • Scales
  • Changes over time
  • Costs of doing business
  • Budgets

3
Indicators
  • Objective
  • Verifiable Measurements
  • Value Neutral
  • Economic
  • Social
  • Ecological

4
Interpretation of Indicators
  • Different mix
  • Different weight
  • All deserve consideration

5
Policy Change Example
  • One Indicator
  • Acreage of land available for livestock grazing
  • Decreasing
  • Policy options
  • De-emphasize program or
  • Open more acreage for this use

6
Policy Change Example
  • Add an indicator
  • Acres of weeds occupying rangelands
  • Increasing
  • Policy Options
  • Increased funding for weed control
  • Resultmore acres available for livestock
    grazing

7
Policy Change Indicator
  • Add another indicator
  • Accessibility to rangelands for a variety of
    uses
  • Decreasing
  • Policy options
  • Re-define land adjustment prioritiesland
    exchanges
  • ROW

8
Policies
  • What indicators used
  • How many indicators considered
  • What combination of indicators
  • Weight of ecological, social, and economic
    indicators
  • Political scenario

9
Other Important Uses
  • Monitoring
  • Common techniques protocols
  • Focus research needs
  • Workload priorities
  • Funding
  • Accountability
  • Legal compliance

10
Summary
  • Jointly developed reflect differing focus
  • Mix of indicators
  • Improve the rangeland debate
  • Foundation for future policies
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