Use of Sustainability Indicators for the Breeding System

Abstract

Introduction: In general, the creation system in Brazil has been characterized as an activity of great importance in the socio-economic market, as it generates employment and income opportunities. Aims: This work aims to carry out a brief bibliographical review regarding the use of sustainability indicators within the creation systems. Literature Review: The notion of sustainability is still a recent term and is under construction. Among the countless concepts of sustainability found in specialized literature, sustainability means the "possibility of continuously obtaining equal or superior conditions of life for a group of people and their successors in a given ecosystem. On the other hand, the concept of indicators, as well as for the concept of sustainability does not have a universal definition. Sustainability indicator “is an instrument that allows, based on its interpretation, to define the condition of a system as sustainable or not.” In other words, sustainability indicators can be understood as parameters, in which the assessment shows whether the limit, established according to the values ​​and objectives that govern a given reality, was exceeded or respected.