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D. Developing sustainable development indicators

Practical uses of Indicators

Practically, Indicators can provide following valuable inputs;

Guidance for decision makers in formulating development policy, plan, strategy and programs

• Basics for comparing environmental quality of a given project with that of internationally accepted environmental standard, guidance values.
• Alarm decision makers for appropriate activities so as to prevent imminent environmental hazards form any project.
• Monitor progress of program and plans to achieve target/ goal of sustainable development.

Assessment of progress toward sustainable development by using sustainable development indicators will require the followings;

• Assessment of criteria of development indicators
• Selection and prioritization of relevant set of database matching national environmental visions
• Modality of interpretation, ranking of indicator/ combination of indicators
• Comparison of indicator values to targets, reference values, ranges , threshold limits of internationally accepted environmental standard such as drinking water quality of the World health organization.

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