Communicating Ecological Indicators to Decision Makers and the Public

Introduction EMAP’s Indicators A Region as a Case Study Development of Common-language Indicators Testing the Common-language Indicators From “values” to “valued aspects” Testing CLIs in relation to valued aspects of the environment Discussion Final thoughts Responses to this Article Acknowledgments Literature Cited Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3

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