2 Jul 2025

Measuring human progress in a positive way

From Afternoons, 1:35 pm on 2 July 2025

The University of Auckland's Professor Krushil Watene wants to shift the dial on how we measure progress,

She says a Nature Relationship Index could concentrate on how well countries care for eco-systems, equitable access to nature and preventing environmental harm. 

She tells Jesse why it's time to reward positive action, rather than just recording decline. 

Path of the McLean waterfalls in the Catlins Forest Park in Catlin in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand on November 24, 2020. McLean Falls is a 22m waterfall making it one of the tallest in the Catlins Forest Park. (Photo by Sanka Vidanagama/NurPhoto) (Photo by SANKA VIDANAGAMA / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

Photo: SANKA VIDANAGAMA