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EVI Think Tank II |
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Introduction |
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The Environmental
Vulnerability Index (EVI) is an indicators-based
method which
has been developed in partnership by SOPAC, UNEP,
Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, and Norway
in collaboration with the Alliance of Small Island
Developing States (AOSIS), Small Island Developing
States (SIDS) institutions and experts. The EVI was
developed in response to a call made in
the 1994 Barbados Programme of Action for the
Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing
States to prepare a composite vulnerability index that
incorporated both economic
and ecological concerns. The EVI concentrates on
measuring ecological vulnerability and seeks to support
other vulnerability indices initiatives, including the
economic vulnerability index and a soon-to-be developed
social vulnerability index, as part of the global move
towards determining how development could be achieved
sustainably. |
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The EVI model can be
used to quantify the vulnerability of the natural
environment to damage from natural and anthropogenic
hazards at national scales. It is the first global
attempt to develop such an ecological index. The EVI
will support decision-makers by providing a pragmatic
approach that will enable them to 'see' the problem, as
well as identify actions that could be taken to manage
vulnerability and protect or build environmental
resilience of a country. |
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Purpose of Think
Tank II |
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The purpose of this
meeting was to assemble a small group of internationally
recognised scientists to examine the EVI and its
indicators in order to obtain critique on its design and
function and seek recommendations for refinements to
improve the EVI and its robustness. The Think Tank was
run between the dates of 4 – 6 October 2004 at the SOPAC
Secretariat, Suva, Fiji. The overall aims of the Think
Tank were to:
- To obtain
peer-review and commentary from experts;
- To obtain
constructive technical inputs to improve the EVI to
make it acceptable and/or operational in the
international community;
- Provide
expert reference towards the setting and
justification of sustainable thresholds of EVI
indicators
- Outline an
action plan for future international research and
work towards sustainable thresholds and indicators
that will help in steering the international
community towards sustainability
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Report on the
Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI) Think Tank II, 4
- 6 October 2004, Suva, Fiji |
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