Accurate information increases the chances for correct decisions.
This does not guarantee a healthier environment, but its absence seriously impedes decisions which would lead to a sustainable future. The demand for environmental reporting is high. Reporting is one way to develop and communicate environmental information to decision makers. Many SOE reports have been produced in a variety of formats. Ideally, local, sectoral, corporate, national, regional, and global reports should complement one other, using, for example, common spatial units and databases.