INDICATORS

Indicators are quantitative or qualitative measures that provide information about the status of or changes in natural, cultural, and economic aspects of an ecosystem.

The Ecosystem Indicator Partnership (ESIP) is a committee of the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment. ESIP is developing indicators for the Gulf of Maine and integrating regional data for a new Web-based reporting system for marine ecosystem monitoring. Activities of ESIP initially center on convening regional practitioners in six indicator areas: coastal development, contaminants and pathogens, eutrophication, aquatic habitat, fisheries and aquaculture, and climate change.

ESIP has recently released two facts sheets: one is about climate change, and the other is about aquaculture.

Canadian Sustainability Indicators Network (CSIN). CSIN aims to advance best practices in measurement and sustainability indicator systems in Canada and beyond in an effort to achieve progress toward global sustainable development.

Compendium, A Global Directory to Indicator Initiatives. Version two of the Compendium of Sustainable Development Indicator Initiatives, is a worldwide directory of who is doing what in the field of sustainability indicators.