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The system and the first set of environmental indicators were developed in 1998 by the DADAM project team. DADAM (Improvement of Data Use and Data Management within the Environmental Monitoring Programme) project was an international cooperative project, funded by EU (Phare 1994, Programme for Pollution Monitoring and Enforcment Legislation). The main aim was to create a system of measured or statistical parameters, describing the state of environment in Estonia. This system would also serve as the basis for producing and publishing periodical environmental reports. The first set of environmental indicators was divided into 13 themes (the themes of first priority in the Estonian Environmental Strategy and Environmental Action Plan) with altogether 130 different parameters. While the environmental policy of a state changes with time, the set of environmental indicators must change too - all indicators and themes must be periodically reviewed for better compliance with national environmental policy and international obligations. In 2006 the Estonian Ministry Of Environment and the Environmental Information Centre (in cooperation with experts from scientific and other institutions) launched a project of renewal and developing for the system of environmental indicators. The project includes removing some parameters that have lost their importance as indicators, and adding some new ones. Also the structure of the system will be brought up-to-date. One of the tasks of the project is to create a modern database-related and user-friendly web page All these developmental tasks are closely related and are implemented step by step. The links below give You some information about the work, done so far. As the web page is still under development and all of the functions may not work correctly, we kindly ask for Your patience and hope, that every visit to our web site provides You more and better information about the state of environment in Estonia. Indicators on the web page are structured by themes and indicator type. Themes groupe indicators by environmental problems, significant on global and national level (eutrophication, climate change, quality of ambient air etc.). Indicators can also be selected by type - pressure, state, impact or responce indicators, according to DPSIR-principle. Illustrative texts can be found under every theme and indicator. See also:
Environmental Indicators in Estonia, 2006 Environmental Indicators, report on 2006. activities Environmental Indicators, development of the web page, Ist phase
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