INTROducTION ANd kEyS FOR REAdINg

introduction and keys for reading
The Environmental Outlook for Wallonia – Digest 2010 presents a
selection of socioeconomic and environmental indicators that pro­
vide an overview of the status and of the evolution of the environ­
ment in Wallonia: air, water and soil quality, biodiversity status,
environmental pressures, impacts and management tools for a
number of key issues (consumption of natural resources, energy,
transport and waste).
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brief outline of the thematic context
key message
graph, table or map of the relevant data
evaluation of the observed status and/or trend
reference to the main related European indicators
keywords
http://etat.environnement.wallonie.be
Closely associated with the Tableau de bord de l’environnement
wallon 2010 published by the Direction Générale de l’Agriculture, des
Ressources Naturelles et de l’Environnement (DGARNE) which is a
part of the Public Service of Wallonia, the Digest 2010 was elabo­
rated and structured so as to periodically supply national and inter­
national databases and reports with relevant data. Accordingly, the
choice of the indicators was largely inspired by internationally reco­
gnised sets of indicators (structural European indicators, SOER,
SEBI, OECD key environmental indicators…), whereas the format of
the indicator fact sheets of the Digest 2010 was designed in order to
meet the requirements of the SENSE project set up by the European
Environment Agency (EEA):
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The evaluation of the status and/or trend observed for the indica­
tors is based on the canvas established in the frame of the SENSE
project, which has been slightly adapted and refined:
http://etat.environnement.wallonie.be
SOER/SENSE Classification
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FV
Meaning
(from an environmental perspective)
1
Favourable
1b
Favourable
but deteriorating
2
Inadequate
but improving
U1+
Slightly unfavourable but improving
situation
3
Inadequate
U1
Slightly unfavourable (and broadly stable)
situation
4
Inadequate
and deteriorating
U1-
Slightly unfavourable and deteriorating
situation
5
Bad but improving
U2+
Unfavourable but improving situation
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Digest
2010
Code
Favourable situation (stable or improving)
Favourable but deteriorating situation
6
Bad
U2
Unfavourable (and broadly stable)
situation
7
Bad
and deteriorating
U2-
Unfavourable and deteriorating situation
8
Unknown
XX
Irrelevant or unfeasible evaluation
(insufficient data, high complexity…)
In addition to the Digest 2010 itself, all of the reports
on the state of the environment in Wallonia and the
documents related thereto (source data, graphs, tables,
maps, survey reports) may be consulted at and down­
loaded from http://etat.environnement.wallonie.be