| English | Chinese |
| barometric indicator | 气压测量指示器 |
| biological indicator A species or organism that is used to grade environmental quality or change | 生物标志物 (用于指示环境质量或变化的一个物种或生物，) |
| cultural indicator Cultural indicators give information about societies, which may be interesting even when one is not trying to evaluate the cultures of these societies from any normative point of view. Cultural indicators may also have an evaluative purpose involving explicit or implicit normative criteria | 文化指标 (文化指标提供社会相关信息，其内容可能相当有趣，即便人们并未尝试以标准化的观点来评价这些社会文化。文化指标也可能有其评价的目的，包括显式或隐式的标准。) |
| environmental indicator A measurement, statistic or value that provides a proximate gauge or evidence of the effects of environmental management programs or of the state or condition of the environment | 环境指标 (一种测量、统计或数值用以提供环境管理方案影响或者环境现况、状态的度量以及证据。) |
| environmental performance indicator | 环境动态指示器 |
| indicator of environmental management | 环境管理指标 |
| indicator of environmental quality Qualitative or quantitative parameter used as a measure of an environmental condition, e.g. of air or water quality | 环境品质指标 (评估环境状况的定性定量参数，如评量空气品质或水质。) |
| indicator value | 指标值 |
| migration indicator | 迁移指示器 |
| migration indicator | 迁移指示植物 |
| oxygen/ozone indicator | 氧— 臭氧指示器 |
| pollution indicator Organisms, mostly plants, which are most sensitive to slight changes in environmental factors. When identified their reaction can serve as an early warning of the endangerment of the health of a community | 污染指示 (大部分植物对微小的环境因素变化都非常敏感。因此确认它们的反应也可以作为早期污染预警的指标。) |
| social indicator Easily identified features of a society which can be measured, which vary over time, and are taken as revealing some underlying aspect of social reality. In general, the most commonly used indicators are derived from official statistics, and include unemployment figures, health and mortality data, and crime rates | 社会福利指标 (容易识别的，可以衡量的，随着时间的推移而有所不同，并作为揭示社会现实的一些基本方面的社会特征。一般来说，最常用的指标是来自官方的统计数字，包括失业数字，健康和死亡率数据，以及犯罪率。) |
| sustainable development indicator Statistical indicators used for measuring sustainable development that may be chosen among a wide range of themes as, for example, environmental capacity and quality of life | 可持续发展指标 (用于衡量可持续发展的统计指标，可能是其中一个作为主题，广泛选择，例如，环境容量和生活质量。) |
