Sustainability Indicators

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Sustainability Indicators

• Value for Management Policy
• (Tim Reuwsaat Jeanne Wade Evans)

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Differences

• Jurisdictions
• Laws
• Uses
• Values

• Scales
• Changes over time
• Costs of doing business
• Budgets

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Indicators

• Objective
• Verifiable Measurements
• Value Neutral
• Economic
• Social
• Ecological

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Interpretation of Indicators

• Different mix
• Different weight
• All deserve consideration

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Policy Change Example

• One Indicator
• Acreage of land available for livestock grazing
• Decreasing
• Policy options
• De-emphasize program or
• Open more acreage for this use

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Policy Change Example

• Add an indicator
• Acres of weeds occupying rangelands
• Increasing
• Policy Options
• Increased funding for weed control
• Resultmore acres available for livestock
  grazing

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Policy Change Indicator

• Add another indicator
• Accessibility to rangelands for a variety of
  uses
• Decreasing
• Policy options
• Re-define land adjustment prioritiesland
  exchanges
• ROW

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Policies

• What indicators used
• How many indicators considered
• What combination of indicators

• Weight of ecological, social, and economic
  indicators
• Political scenario

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Other Important Uses

• Monitoring
• Common techniques protocols
• Focus research needs

• Workload priorities
• Funding
• Accountability
• Legal compliance

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Summary

• Jointly developed reflect differing focus
• Mix of indicators
• Improve the rangeland debate
• Foundation for future policies