Appendix (explanation of symbols in tables)
Environmental Indicators for the Czech Republic
| Socio-Economic Developments | P | GDP; Industrial accidents; Mineral extraction; Population; Employment; Agriculture; Forestry; Industry; Construction; Transport; Expenditures of population; Tourism |
| R | Pollution control and abatement expenditures; Environmental protection expenditures vs. GDP by region; International co-operation; Legislation, economic instruments; EIA; Education; Public opinion | |
| Climate Change | P | CO2 emissions from energy sector; Energy consumption; Total N2O, CH4, and CO2 emission |
| S | ||
| R | Energy intensity; Air pollution charges & fees | |
| Ozone Depletion | P | Apparent consumption of CFC and halons |
| S | ||
| R | ||
| Acidification | P | NOx, NH3, and SO2, dust, CxHy emissions by sector, from point sources and transport |
| S | SO2, NOx, dust concentrations; Forest affected by acid deposition | |
| R | Capacity of SO2/NOx abatement equipment of stationary sources | |
| Tropospheric Ozone | P | Total CO and NMVOC emissions; Number of hours in which the average hourly conc. of ozone was exceeded during the year |
| S | Tropospheric ozone concentration (urban) | |
| R | % car with converters; | |
| Land | P | Atmospheric deposition of heavy metals; Consumption of pesticides; Change in land use; Fertilizers; Potential danger of water and soil erosion; Input of hazardous elements into soil through atmosphere; Average annual values of silt runoff |
| S | Eroded and damaged lands (% of total) by category; Land use | |
| R | Tax on waste disposal / category; Rehabilitated areas; Objectives and measures of protection of the geological environment | |
| Biodiversity Loss | P | Land use change |
| S | Threatened / extinct species | |
| R | Protected areas vs. total area; Expenditures on nature conservation; Revitalization & preservation programs; | |
| Forests | P | Forest damages by immissions; Forest fires; Damage of forests by biotic factors; Pollution of forest ecosystems by selected metals |
| S | Area, volume, structure of forests; Forest categories; Tree species composition; Concentration of Hg, Pb, Cd, & As in forest soil humus layer | |
| R | Forest management and protection; Forest regeneration; Afforestation of agricultural land subsidized within restructuration of plant production | |
| Eutrophication & Water Quality | P | Discharges of BOD, N, P from point sources; Use of fertilizers; Effluent discharges into surface waters; Atmospheric deposition of heavy metals; Consumption of pesticides |
| S | BOD/DO, N, and P in inland waters; Chemical composition of ground water; Precipitation quality; Surface water quality; Ground water quality; Public water supply systems; Public sewage systems | |
| R | Capacities of new WWTPs; Waste water treatment plants | |
| Water Resources & Quantity | P | Water consumption by sector; Surface and ground water abstraction by sector |
| S | Average precipitation | |
| R | Water prices | |
| Urban Air Quality | P | Urban air emissions (SO2, NOx, VOC); Urban and national traffic density |
| S | Tropospheric ozone concentration; Urban air quality: SO2, NOx, PM conc. | |
| R | ||
| Urban Population, Land Use & Transport | P | Total urban and rural population: state and trends |
| S | ||
| R | ||
| Waste & Noise | P | Waste generation (municipal, industrial, hazardous); Import / export of waste |
| S | ||
| R | Tax on waste disposal / category |