Monitoring conservation project effectiveness
2002
This bulletin of the Wildlife Conservation Society looks at methods for evaluation tailored specifically to wildlife conservation projects. It provides a model monitoring framework based around explicitly defined targets, trend data, monitoring activities and indicators.Among the key concepts are:Monitoring is critical to effective wildlife conservation because it helps to assess whether or not our conservation interventions are working.Monitoring allows the testing of conceptual models and assumptions to determine whether conservation efforts are needed and are correct.Ideally, monitoring should be carried out at three levels measuring: the results of conservation interventions, the reduction of threats, and progress in achieving stated objectives.Monitoring that does not lead to an assessment of management effectiveness, and an improvement in management practices has little conservation value.Serious tradeoffs exist when allocating limited resources between threats-reduction efforts and monitoring the effectiveness of such efforts.
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