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[IR-3 Information System for Global Environmental Outlook]

[Contact Person]

Kuninori Otsubo
Deputy Director
Water and Soil Environmental Division
National Institute for Environmental Studies
16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, JAPAN
Tel:+81-298-50-2417 Fax:+81-298-50-2576
E-mail:kuninori@nies.go.jp

[Total Budget for FY1995-FY1997]

80,422,000 Yen (FY1997;28,658,000 Yen)

[Abstract]

This research project aimed to design information system which enables to grasp the state of global environmental problems and to measure effects of responding policy captions quantitatively. With reference to earlier and on-going projects on sustainable development, we proposed a framework of the information system, then applied the framework to our ease studies on sustainable agriculture, sustainable use of water resources and sustainable forest, and identified key indicators for each case.

The information system formulated through this project is a kind of protocol to infer-link the concept of sustainable development with indicators. The system may be useful for facilitating mutual understanding of environmental problems and sustainable development between developed and developing countries. The system was designed to be understandable for the public as well as decision-makers. The proposed system has a hierarchy framework, and, in the framework, Criteria and the D-S-R (Driving Force classify selected indicators State l Response) concept. This information system may help decision makers conduct appropriate environmental policies on global environmental problems. Data at national level were collected for many countries including the European and Africa region. Those data were used for trial-error investigation to select indicators. Useful data have been collected into a chronological database system. On the other hand, lack of data was clarified. Through the above ease studies, it was recognized that further efforts of data collection was necessary through existing regional networks such as TEACOM (Temperate East Asia Regional Committee for START), SASCOM (South Asia Regional Committee for START) and SARCS (Southeast Asia Regional Committee for START). The case studies conducted in this project were limited in the above three fields, therefore, key indicators do not cover overall fields in relation to sustainable development at national level. It is necessary to apply the information system to another fields for this purpose.

[Key Words]

Environmental Information system, Database, Environmental Indicator, Global Environmental Outlook