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| Jones, J.P.G.; Asner, G.P.; Butchart, S.H.M.; Karanth, K.U. | |
| The "why", "what" and "how" of monitoring for conservation | |
| 2013 Book Chapter | |
The importance of monitoring to conservation is universally recognized. It is a core activity of conservation biology (Marsh & Trenham 2008), consuming, for example, more than 10% of the budgets of agencies charged with managing national biodiversity in Australia and the US (McDonald-Madden et al. 2010). There are innumerable books, reports and peer-reviewed journal articles on the subject, and yet an increasing number of voices have been questioning the way in which monitoring is carried out and the resulting value for conservation (Yoccoz et al. 2001; Nichols & Williams 2006; Lindenmayer & Likens 2010). These authors do not doubt that effective monitoring is needed for effective conservation, but have concerns about what Yoccoz et al. (2001) call the 'why', 'what' and 'how' of monitoring. They warn that poorly designed monitoring can be worse than useless, as it may result in poor decision making and divert conservation resources from other activities. |
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