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Guidelines for the Application of Environmental Indicators

The Joint Task Force revised the Guidelines for the Application of Environmental Indicators in Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia and South-Eastern Europe. With this revision the online version of the Guidelines was created.

In the Online Guidelines each indicator is presented through three files: description of the indicator, table for the production of the indicator, and glossary of terms.

The latest update for each indicator is indicated with a relevant date.
IndicatorDescription Production Glossary of terms
A. Air pollution and ozone depletion
   A1. Emissions of pollutants into the atmospheric air (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   A2. Ambient air quality in urban areas (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   A3. Consumption of ozone-depleting substances (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
B. Climate change
   B1. Air temperature (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   B2. Atmospheric precipitation (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   B3. Greenhouse gas emissions (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
C. Water 
   C1. Renewable freshwater resources (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   C2. Freshwater abstraction (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   C3. Total water use (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   C4. Household water use per capita (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   C5. Water supply industry and population connected to water supply industry (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   C6. Connection of population to public water supplyIntegrated into C5
   C7. Water losses (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   C8. Reuse and recycling of freshwater (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   C9. Drinking water quality (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   C10. BOD and concentration of ammonium in rivers (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   C11. Nutrients in freshwater (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   C12. Nutrients in coastal seawaters (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   C13. Concentrations of pollutants in coastal seawater and sediments (except nutrients) (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   C14. Population connected to wastewater treatment (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   C15. Wastewater treatment facilities (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   C16. Polluted (non-treated) wastewaters (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
D. Biodiversity 
   D1. Protected areas (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   D2. Biosphere reserves and wetlands of international importancePlaceholder
   D3. Forests and other wooded land (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   D4. Threatened and protected species (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   D5. Trends in the number and distribution of selected species (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   D6. Invasive alien speciesPlaceholder
E. Land and soil  
   E1. Land uptake (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   E2. Area affected by soil erosion (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
F. Agriculture 
   F1. IrrigationPlaceholder
   F2. Fertilizer consumption (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   F3. Gross nitrogen balancePlaceholder
   F4. Pesticide consumption (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
G. Energy 
   G1. Final energy consumptionPDFXLSPDF
   G2. Total primary energy supplyPDFXLSPDF
   G3. Energy intensityPDFXLSPDF
   G4. Renewable energy consumptionPDFXLSPDF
   G5. Final electricity consumptionPlaceholder
   G6. Gross electricity productionPlaceholder
H. Transport 
   H1. Passenger transport demand (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   H2. Freight transport demand (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   H3. Composition of road motor vehicle fleet by fuel type (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   H4. Age of road motor vehicle fleet (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
I. Waste 
   I1. Waste generation (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   I2. Management of hazardous waste (updated October 2014)PDFXLSPDF
   I3. Waste reuse and recyclingPDFXLSPDF
   I4. Final waste disposalPDFXLSPDF
J. Environmental financing
   J1. Environment protection expenditurePlaceholder