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2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)

Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2001

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Summary

Abstract: The 2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) utilizes a refined methodology based on the 2000 Pilot ESI effort, to construct an index covering 122 countries that measures the overall progress towards environmental sustainability. The index is a composite measure of the current status of a nation's environmental systems, pressures on those systems, human vulnerability to environmental change, ...

Purpose: To provide a comparative index of national-level environmental sustainability based on lessons learned from the year 2000 pilot effort.

Related URL

Link: GET DATA

Description: Data download page.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -55.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Leaders for Tomorrow Environment Task Force, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University, and Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University

Dataset Title: 2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)

Dataset Release Date: 2001

Dataset Release Place: New Haven, CT

Dataset Publisher: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University

Version: 2001.00

Data Presentation Form: document, tabular

Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/esi-environmental-sustain...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1980-01-01

Stop Date: 2000-12-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN

CONTINENT > AFRICA > NORTHERN AFRICA > ALGERIA

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE > FOREST SCIENCE > FOREST FIRE SCIENCE

AGRICULTURE > FOREST SCIENCE > FOREST HARVESTING AND ENGINEERING

ISO Topic Category

FARMING

BIOTA

Access Constraints Restricted for unpublished data. Where material is published, data is
available to the public.

Use Constraints Use of restricted data is subject to User's Agreement. Crown copyright applies
to users of both restricted and unrestricted data.

Ancillary Keywords

GCMD

CLEARCUT HARVESTING

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Data Center

Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada

Data Center URL: http://www.glfc.forestry.ca/

Data Center Personnel
Name: AL CAMERON Phone: +01-705-759-5740 ext. 2154 Fax: +01-705-759-5712 Email: alcam at nrcan.gc.ca Contact Address: P.O. Box 490 1219 Queen Street East City: Sault Ste. Marie Province or State: Ontario Postal Code: P6A 5M7 Country: Canada

Distribution

Fees: Gratuit-Free

Personnel

AL CAMERON

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: +01-705-759-5740 ext. 2154

Fax: +01-705-759-5712

Email: alcam at nrcan.gc.ca

Contact Address:

P.O. Box 490

1219 Queen Street East

City: Sault Ste. Marie

Province or State: Ontario

Postal Code: P6A 5M7

Country: Canada

AL CAMERON

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +01-705-759-5740 ext. 2154

Fax: +01-705-759-5712

Email: alcam at nrcan.gc.ca

Contact Address:

P.O. Box 490

1219 Queen Street East

City: Sault Ste. Marie

Province or State: Ontario

Postal Code: P6A 5M7

Country: Canada

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2001-11-14

Last DIF Revision Date: 2005-03-28

Future DIF Review Date: 2005-03-20

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