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Module
5 EXERCISE

Using the themes and issues identified in the previous exercise, rank the priority of each
issue using a three-point scale (low, medium and high).
9-12 December, 2013 high, low and medium rankings each receive).

Compile the results in plenary, and establish a priority ranking of the issues (i.e., how many

Complete the following worksheet below for your country.

What is the general
given to the problem?
geographical scale/
environment issue?
theme? What is the What is the What priority should be
coverage of the
problem?
Low Medium High

Time: 10 minutes individually, 20 minutes plenary.

4.2 What is the specific STATE-and-TRENDS of the environment for each priority
issue?

Priority environmental issues as identified above are often quite general (e.g., water quality, air quality,
biodiversity). As we go forward, it is important to be more specific with regard to each priority environmental
issue. This will make it much easier to identify what is happening to the environment and why.

Consider water quality for example. This issue is sometimes specified in an aggregate form (e.g., a country’s
national water quality index). To conduct an integrated analysis it is necessary to think of water quality in
a more spatially defined context. For example, coastal ecosystem might be particularly problematic at the

time you are developing your IEA. The following case illustrates this level of specificity. This example will be
used in later sections to illustrate the telling of an integrated story using the DPSIR framework.

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