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Measuring Conditions and Progress
The Border 2012 program uses indicators to measure the environmental and public health conditions and Border 2012 progress in the U.S.-Mexico border region. In order to accomplish this goal, the Border 2012 program established the Border Indicators Task Force Background in December 2003. The BITF collaborates with all Border 2012 coordinating bodies to generate and use objective indicators that measure program progress and assess changes in the region’s environmental conditions. A Strategy for Indicator Development was first developed to guide the coordinating bodies in the identification, development and use of a set of environmental and performance indicators.
Fact Sheet (PDF)
(2 pp, 456K)
Supporting Documentation Data Tables (PDF) (44 pp, 1.4M) and Metadata (PDF) (25 pp, 1.7M).
Based on this strategy, the BITF issued the first of a series of environmental indicator reports, State of the Border Region 2005 (English (PDF) | en Español (PDF) (24 pp, 1.8M). The report’s indicators are organized according to the six goals of the Border 2012 Program and track environmental conditions and trends for water, air, land, public health, joint readiness for environmental response, and enforcement and compliance in the U.S.-Mexico border region from Border 2012’s inception in 2003 through the end of 2005.
Border 2012 Goals and Indicators
The BITF is currently updating existing indicators and developing new ones. The results of these efforts will be posted to the individual indicator pages (above) as they become available. If you would like to get involved, please send an email to Border_Indicators@epa.gov.
Contact the Border Indicators Task Force Co-Chairs