Historical Analysis of EPI in Colombia (2006-2014): Challenges on Environmental Information

The use of environmental indicators has been established as a way of addressing different variables and objects of analysis, including the complexity of biodiversity and ecosystems along with human wellbeing. Since 2006, the Environmental Performance Index has been used, ranking countries according...

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Main Authors: Ana María González, María Ángela Echeverry-Galvis
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2019-01-01
Series:Gestión y Ambiente
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Online Access:https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/gestion/article/view/78614
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spelling doaj-971a679286254d4d8397d8b791dd34942020-11-25T03:14:14ZspaUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaGestión y Ambiente 0124-177X2357-59052019-01-012219711310.15446/ga.v22n1.7861453595Historical Analysis of EPI in Colombia (2006-2014): Challenges on Environmental InformationAna María González0María Ángela Echeverry-Galvis1Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Faculty of Environmental and Rural Studies, Master in Conservation and Use of the Diversity. BogotaPontificia Universidad Javeriana, Faculty of Environmental and Rural Studies, Master in Conservation and Use of the Diversity. BogotaThe use of environmental indicators has been established as a way of addressing different variables and objects of analysis, including the complexity of biodiversity and ecosystems along with human wellbeing. Since 2006, the Environmental Performance Index has been used, ranking countries according to status of various indicators. Colombia has been included in all evaluations with variable results in its ranking. We examine some aspects that vary through the years in terms of the index and the performance of Colombia in evaluations from 2006 to 2014, mostly because Colombia had excellent scores at the beginning of the index measure, but decrease notoriously in the last ones that have made. We found that the historical evaluation of the EPI had differences in its structure, with a greater reliability on international databases rather than national information, as well as a continuum change of the types of variables used for the indicators. On an international context, Colombia’s ranking variation reflects the differences in sources and accessibility of data. As useful as indexes might be to monitor and manage of resources, it is important to analyse each evaluation as much more than just the best and worst indicators, but rather to look at the sources, types of variables, ad context of each evaluation.https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/gestion/article/view/78614indexesenvironmental indicatorssustainabilitydatabaseperformance
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indexes
environmental indicators
sustainability
database
performance
author_facet Ana María González
María Ángela Echeverry-Galvis
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title Historical Analysis of EPI in Colombia (2006-2014): Challenges on Environmental Information
title_short Historical Analysis of EPI in Colombia (2006-2014): Challenges on Environmental Information
title_full Historical Analysis of EPI in Colombia (2006-2014): Challenges on Environmental Information
title_fullStr Historical Analysis of EPI in Colombia (2006-2014): Challenges on Environmental Information
title_full_unstemmed Historical Analysis of EPI in Colombia (2006-2014): Challenges on Environmental Information
title_sort historical analysis of epi in colombia (2006-2014): challenges on environmental information
publisher Universidad Nacional de Colombia
series Gestión y Ambiente
issn 0124-177X
2357-5905
publishDate 2019-01-01
description The use of environmental indicators has been established as a way of addressing different variables and objects of analysis, including the complexity of biodiversity and ecosystems along with human wellbeing. Since 2006, the Environmental Performance Index has been used, ranking countries according to status of various indicators. Colombia has been included in all evaluations with variable results in its ranking. We examine some aspects that vary through the years in terms of the index and the performance of Colombia in evaluations from 2006 to 2014, mostly because Colombia had excellent scores at the beginning of the index measure, but decrease notoriously in the last ones that have made. We found that the historical evaluation of the EPI had differences in its structure, with a greater reliability on international databases rather than national information, as well as a continuum change of the types of variables used for the indicators. On an international context, Colombia’s ranking variation reflects the differences in sources and accessibility of data. As useful as indexes might be to monitor and manage of resources, it is important to analyse each evaluation as much more than just the best and worst indicators, but rather to look at the sources, types of variables, ad context of each evaluation.
topic indexes
environmental indicators
sustainability
database
performance
url https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/gestion/article/view/78614
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