Environmental indicators in Slovenia are essential input for the national report on the environment and for the Slovenian submission published in the European report on the state and outlook for the environment. They are also used to prepare other international reports, and for the needs of monitoring the progress related to the national operational programmes and national strategies.
They are an indispensable learning tool for students and teachers, as they provide access to environmental information in one place. They frequently facilitate a dialogue between decision makers and representatives of the non-governmental sector, and help with raising environmental awareness. They may also be used to efficiently support development of new topics with huge importance of the environment component, like green economy, biodiversity, resource efficiency.
Last, but not least, environmental indicators are among the most useful tools for environmental reporting, since they provide a comprehensive overview of environmental changes, information about the state of the environment and a good overview of data sources. It is also important that they serve as an effective alert signs for wider public and decision makers and make us aware that environment has its own limits. Thus, they effectively contribute to the development of sustainable environmental policies, and to integrated environmental assessment of the environment in Slovenia.