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The first New Caledonia socio-environmental Report Card (French) (Page 1)

The first New Caledonia socio-environmental Report Card (French)

Heath Kelsey, Annie Carew ·
1 February 2023

The first-ever New Caledonia socio-environmental Report Card was developed at the first PACPATH workshop held in Nouméa, New Caledonia in October 2022. This workshop brought together stakeholders from across the islands of New Caledonia to discuss sustainable coastal management and oncoming challenges. The PACPATH project aims to develop a shared understanding of sustainability needs and priorities around the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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A report card for the Upper Rio Grande basin (Page 1)

A report card for the Upper Rio Grande basin

Alexandra Fries, Katie May Laumann, Nathan Miller ·
17 November 2022

Watershed report cards are powerful tools to describe ecosystem status, increase public awareness, and inform and influence decision makers to improve the health of a watershed. This is the first Upper Rio Grande Report Card. It is the collective effort of dozens of stakeholders throughout the Upper Rio Grande watershed. Indicators in the report card were selected to assess the health of four different values in the watershed:

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2021 Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card (Page 1)

2021 Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card

Dave Brinker, Bill Dennison, Steve Farr, Steve Doctor, Roman Jesien, Katherine Munson, Judy O’Neil, Kevin Smith, Mitch Tarnowski, Catherine Wazniak, Jeff White, Craig Wheedon, and Rich Mason ·
14 November 2022

Coastal Bays health is defined as the progress of four water quality indicators (nitrogen, phosphorus, chlorophyll a, dissolved oxygen) and two biotic indicators (seagrass, hard clam) toward scientifically derived ecological thresholds or goals. The Coastal Bays had an overall score of C+, a slight improvement from the previous year. Improved total phosphorus scores contributed to the slightly higher overall health of the bays.

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