Authors:
Machmer, M. and C. Steeger
Publication Date:
2002
Abstract/Summary:
This document provides a conceptual framework and guidelines for effectiveness monitoring (EM) of restoration projects. It reviews the rationale for conducting effectiveness monitoring, and describes the sequence of steps involved in designing, implementing and summarizing the results of EM. Effectiveness monitoring addresses the question of how successful a project ultimately is at restoring the ecosystem or component parts. It involves assessing restoration progress in relation to initial objectives, and refining treatment prescriptions, where required, to increase their effectiveness. EM is a critical component of an adaptive management approach to ecosystem restoration.
Resource Type:
Technical Document
Source:
Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, British Columbia
Link:
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fia/documents/rest_effect_mon_guidelines_s.pdf