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State of the Environment Reporting

The Yukon Environment Act requires a State of the Environment Report to be completed once every three years, with interim reports in the intervening years.

State of the Environment (SOE) Reporting provides:

early warning and analysis of potential problems for the environment;
allows the public to monitor progress towards the achievement of the objectives of the Environment Act; and
baseline information for environmental planning, assessment and regulation.

The State of the Environment Report does not make recommendations, set policy, or present a report card on the environment. It does, however, provide us with important information to help us make the right decisions to build a sustainable economy and conserve a healthy environment.

The SOE Report answers four basic questions:

What is happening in the environment?
Why is it happening?
Why is it significant?
What are we doing about it?

Where possible, indicators are used to answer these questions and demonstrate whether environmental changes are either positive or negative.

Interim Reports

Interim State of the Environment Reports provide an update on selected environmental trends and indicators from the broad topic areas discussed in previous State of the Environment Reports (e.g., Air, Water, Climate Change, Land, the Living World).

Downloadable State of Environment Reports

Reports on the status of climate change, air, water, land and nature in the Yukon. Includes graphs and charts.

	Yukon State of the Environment Report 2008 2.1 KB March 2011 (74 p.)
	State of the Environment Interim Report 2007 1.15 MB April 2010 (44 p.)
	State of the Environment Interim Report 2006 1,019 KB (46 p.)
	State of the Environment Report 2005 (60 p.) Part 1 3.1 MB Part 2 3 MB Part 3 3.9 MB
	State of the Environment Interim Report 2004 2.1 MB (48 p.)
	State of the Environment Interim Report 2003 3.2 MB (48 p.)
	State of the Environment Report 2002 2.7 MB
	State of the Environment Interim Report 2001 0.2 MB
	State of Environment Report 2000 1.3 MB
	State of the Environment Report 1999 Introduction and Table of Contents 1.6 MB Ch. 1 Air & Climate Change 0.8 MB Ch. 2 Water 0.6 MB Ch. 3 Land 3.2 MB Ch. 4 The Living World 1.5 MB Ch. 5 Focus on Ecosystems 2.1 MB Glossary, Reference and Index 0.1 MB
	State of Environment Interim Report 1997 4.6 MB "A Focus on Air Quality & Climate Change"