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Ensure environmental sustainability


TARGETS
INDICATORS
1. Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs and reverse the loss of environmental resources.
  • Proportion of land area covered by forest
  • Ratio of area protected to maintain biological diversity to surface area
  • Energy use (kilogram oil equivalent) per $1 GDP (PPP)
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (per capita) and consumption of ozone-depleting CFCs (ODP tons)
  • Proportion of population using solid fuels
2. Halve by 2015 the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water.
  • Proportion of population with sustainable access to an improved water source, urban and rural
3. By 2020 to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers.
  • Proportion of urban population with access to improved sanitation
  • Proportion of households with access to secure tenure


See ADB's Key Indicators 2003 for the most recent status of this goal in ADB's developing member countries.

See how ADB responds to environmental challenges in the Asia and Pacific region in the environment, water, and vehicle emission websites.
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