Sample Problems Global Environmental Change – your result

 

In GEC, the indicator concept is only a small part of the entire module, but by using it for a sample task, it itself may be indicative of your suitability to the course! 

Aim of the task

This task should have given you insight into the importance of indicators to environmental monitoring, research and management. Additionally, you have now been exposed to the Pressure, State, Response Model that is often used to outline important indicators in environmental issues such as climate change. You, yourself will need to select good indicators and use the PSR Model as part of the research and report writing process in this course.

To complete the task, you had to have understood the importance of environmental indicators and the necessary traits of a good indicator. Additionally, you had to be familiar with the basic attributes of the big environmental issues of our time, such as biodiversity loss and natural resources depletion.