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2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2000

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Summary
Abstract: The 2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is an exploratory effort to construct an index that measures the ability of a nation's economy to achieve sustainable development, with the long term goal of finding a single indicator for environmental sustainability analagous to that of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The index covering 56 countries is a composite measure of the current ... View entire text

Purpose: To test the feasibility of creating a comparative index of national-level environmental sustainability.
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Description: GeoConnections Discovery Portal. Canada's IDN Node.
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 74.0   S: 67.0   E: -70.0   W: -90.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Government of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada
Dataset Title: Geoscience Compilation of Northern Baffin Island and Northern Melville Peninsula, Canada
Dataset Release Place: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Dataset Publisher: Geological Survey of Canada, Earth Sciences Sector, Natural Resources Canada
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1998-07-01
Stop Date: 1999-02-15
Location Keywords
Science Keywords
HUMAN DIMENSIONS > INFRASTRUCTURE Parameter Definition
TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ICE EXTENT Parameter Definition
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Platform
GROUND STATIONS Ancillary Description
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS Ancillary Description
Project
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Data Set Progress
IN WORK
Originating Center
CDIAC
Data Center
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U. S. Department of Energy Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://cdiac.ornl.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: CARBON DIOXIDE INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER
Fax: (865) 574-2232
Contact Address:
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P.O.. Box 2008
City: OAK RIDGE
Province or State: TENNESSEE
Postal Code: 37831-6335
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: online WWW
Distribution Format: ascii
Fees: none
Personnel
PAUL C.D. NEWTON
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: newtonp at agresearch.cri.nz
Contact Address:
AgResearch Grasslands
Palmerston North
City: Private Bag
Postal Code: 11008
Country: NEW ZEALAND
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Publications/References
Edwards, G. R., H. Clark, and P. C. D. Newton. 2001. The effects of
elevated CO2 on seed production and seedling recruitment in a
sheep-grazed pasture. Oecologia 127:383-394.
http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00442/contents/00/00602/
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2002-10-16
Last DIF Revision Date: 2002-10-16

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