Linking Monitoring to Management and Planning: Assessment Points as a Generalized Approach
Bennetts RE, Gross JE, Cahill K, McIntyre C, Bingham BB, Hubbard A, Cameron L, Carter SL. 2007. Linking Monitoring to Management and Planning: Assessment Points as a Generalized Approach. The George Wright Forum. 24(2):59-77
Given the complexities of the ecosystems being monitored by land-management agencies and the myriad indicators that are used to assess these ecosystems, even the most diligent resource manager could fail to recognize the signals of impending change in the absence of an explicit process for systematically assessing sometimes subtle and cumulative evidence. In this paper, we offer the concept of assessment points as a tool for improving our ability to use monitoring data to inform the management of parks and protected areas. ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS FOR IMPLEMENTING AN ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAM is to provide early warning of abnormal conditions, impending concerns, or potential shifts in resource values relative to management goals. Given the complexities of the ecosystems being monitored by land-management agencies and the myriad indicators that are used to assess these ecosystems, even the most diligent resource manager could fail to recognize the signals of impending change in the absence of an explicit process for systematically assessing sometimes subtle and cumulative evidence. In this paper, we offer the concept of assessment points as a tool for improving our ability to use monitoring data to inform the management of parks and protected areas.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Bennetts, Robert; Gross, John; Cahill, Kerri; McIntyre, Cheryl; Bingham, Bruce; Hubbard, Andy; Cameron, Lane; Carter, Shawn
- Units
- NCRN
- Keywords
- George Wright Forum, I&M, Inventory & Monitoring, Management, Monitoring, NCRN, NCRN Periodical