Environmental Indicators for Agriculture [electronic resource]: Vol. 1: Concepts and Framework Vol. 2: Issues and Design -- "The York Workshop" /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
1999.
This book, the result of the OECD York Workshop in the United Kingdom attended by some of the leading experts in the field, examines two key aspects of developing environmental indicators for agriculture. One discusses the identification and design of suitable indicators, the methodology to be used in their measurement and issues relating to interpretation. The other looks at how governments and other users would use indicators for policy purposes.
Part I: Setting the Scene -- Policy Context of the OECED Agri-Environmental Indicators by Kevin Paris -- Measuring Sustainable Development: Implications for Agri-Environmental Indicators by David Pearce -- Part II: Summary of the Workshop Discussion and Recommendations -- Overall Summary of the Workshop Discussion and Recommendations by Chris J. Doyle -- Summary Reports and Recommendations Covering Specific Agri-Environmental Indicators -- Part III: Agri-Environmental Indicators as a Policy Tool -- Cross-Cutting Issues in Developing Agri-Environmental Indicators by Andrew Moxey -- Using Agri-Environmental Indicators to Assess Environmental Performance by Paul J.Thomassin -- Developing and Using Agri-Environmental Indicators for Policy Purposes: The OECD Experience by David Baldock -- Part IV: Official Statements -- Opening Address to the Workshop by Elliot Morley -- Outcome of the Workshop in the Context of OECD Work on Sustainable Development by Gerard Viatte -- Closing Remarks for the Workshop by Dudley Coates -- Annex -- Liist of Recommended OECD Agri-Environmental Indicators -- Workshop Agenda and Main Contributors -- List of Participants
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book, the result of the OECD York Workshop in the United Kingdom attended by some of the leading experts in the field, examines two key aspects of developing environmental indicators for agriculture. One discusses the identification and design of suitable indicators, the methodology to be used in their measurement and issues relating to interpretation. The other looks at how governments and other users would use indicators for policy purposes.
Environmental policy.
Environmental indicators.
Agriculture and state.
Agriculture