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Aggregate indicator title

Biophysical and geographical characteristics of natural resources 

Description

Context-related indicators of biophysical and geographical characteristics of natural resources

Domain

Environment

Qualitative/Quantitative

Qualitative

Primary/Secondary data

Secondary data

Source of data

(Publicly available) Project documentations (reports, information on websites, publications etc.)

Time series

No

Unit of measurement (observation)

Ordinal (High, medium or low ranking)

Unit of analysis

Project

Analytical level (logic model)

Context

Links with indicators in other domains

N/A

Data collection method(s)

Review of case studies' documentation

Data collection item(s)

Not indicated, but can be derived from the 'indicator building' field

Indicator building
  • Geographic scale
  • Range of resource
  • Life cycle of species
  • Accessibility and visibility of species
  • Proximity of species to populated areas
Availability of data

Low

Feasibility

Slightly resource demanding 

Comments/caveats

Arguably, the indicator would typically be monitored via CS activities rather than extracting data from case study documentation

Source of indicator definition

Chase and Levine (2016)