Environmental report cards synthesize and communicate large amounts of data to a broad audience. They can be used as a way to catalyze improvements in ecosystem health, guide restoration efforts, resolve transboundary differences, develop new environmental insights, create new indicators and metrics, justify monitoring efforts, accelerate data analyses, and stimulate relevant research.

Five Steps to Develop an Environmental Report Card

Environmental report cards synthesize and communicate large amounts of data to a broad audience. They can be used as a way to catalyze improvements in ecosystem health, guide restoration efforts, resolve transboundary differences, develop new environmental insights, create new indicators and metrics, justify monitoring efforts, accelerate data analyses, and stimulate relevant research.

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Author(s)Jane Hawkey
Author CompanyIntegration and Application Network
Date Created2011-06-03
AlbumHuman > Science/Research
TypeGraphic
Project(s)Gulf of Mexico Report Card
Dimensions921 x 433
Filesize126.1 kB
Number of Downloads233
Filetype(s) PNG
LicenseAttribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Required AttributionJane Hawkey, Integration and Application Network (ian.umces.edu/media-library)