Criteria and indicators are increasingly important in many international protocols and processes for the
sustainable management of environments. Numerous Nordic and European monitroing programmes have been defined in terms of C&I.
There is Nordic level interest in examining ways in which remote sensing can provide relevant information, expressed as indicators,
for large georaphical areas (regional/national/international). Indicators are seen as tools to facilitate standarisation and
comparisons between areas. This theme should therefore be considered in connection with Theme 1 since, ideally, these tools may
bridge differences in classification systems and monitoring methodologies between countries. Work is needed, however, to address
issues concerning both the calculation of indicators and interpretation of indicators at national and international levels.
Progress on this theme should be made through:
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liaison and collaboration between those involved, within different Nordic countries, in the development of monitoring of
different types of indicators, such as indicators of 'State' and indicators of 'Driving Forces' and 'Responses',
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identifying specific nomenclature needs of the Nordic countries, and
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gaining experience with the methods, for making correspondence between nomenclatures
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