Kopplingenmellan miljöövervakning och miljömålsuppföljning : En gapanalys av miljökvalitetsmålen   Storslagen fjällmiljö och Frisk luft

Sammanfattning: Sweden's   environmental objective system describes the state of our environment, as it   should be. Within the system are 16 environmental quality objectives, 24   milestone targets, a few specifications per objective and 107 indicators, and   as a frame is the generation goal. There are annual follow-ups of the work   with the objectives. In March 2017, the Swedish Environmental Protection   Agency published a report containing revised indicators, reduced to 87, to be   used in the 2018 follow-up. Environmental monitoring, which involves   continuous and systematic documentation and monitoring of the environmental   state and its development, plays an essential role. The connection and   correlation between the follow-up of the objectives and the environmental   monitoring, needs to be clear and effective, for the work with the   environmental quality objectives to be efficient and with good results. Is   this the case? This has been the focus of this report. Focusing on the   environmental quality objectives A magnificent mountain landscape and Clean   air, a gap analysis has been conducted, to investigate what needs and   challenges, as well as opportunities, there are for a solid followup of the   environmental quality objectives. A gap analysis identifies the gap between current   state and optimal state, and the data collection for this was mainly   interviews. Four regions, Norrbotten, Västerbotten, Dalarna and Jämtland, was   included in the study, as they are covered by both environmental quality   objectives. Key personnel for both objectives on each county administrative   board have been interviewed. The most prominent findings in the gap analysis   were that national indicators are important, however with a regional overview   as well; different conditions pose challenges for the regions; both   indicators and monitoring methods are missing and many indicators are bad.   The connection between the indicators and the specifications has   shortcomings, as the correspondence between them is sometimes non-existent.   The new indicator proposals from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency   have potential to improve the situation, regarding the connection between the   indicators and the specifications, as well as between the indicators and   identified needs, but this require the new indicators to be clearly   elaborated.