The School consolidates and integrates current NIES, the primary mission is to study the many issues disciplinary and transdisciplinary thinking on climate, related to these challenges and provide scientific knowledge conducts and coordinates primary research, publishes and to inform the decisions of the Japanese government and makes accessible research results, and creates or supports the public. [...] 7 X | A framework for monitoring biodiversity in PAs and OECMs The designation of geographical entities in this publication, and the presentation of the material, do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of IUCN or other participating organizations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its f. [...] If the status of the indicator is known, and the A biodiversity monitoring programme is an ongoing management activities are not decided, monitoring is module of the biodiversity monitoring system. [...] The key output of the preparatory phase is to produce a monitoring statement of purpose to identify and prioritise the main objectives of each monitoring programme in the biodiversity monitoring system (Figure 3). [...] The statement of purpose should be in line with the overall vision and goals of the management plan and will serve to communicate the objectives of monitoring to employees, local residents, visitors and responsible authorities (Box 4).
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Table of Contents
- List of figures 14
- List of tables 14
- List of annex figures 14
- List of annex tables 14
- List of checklists 14
- List of boxes 15
- Preface 16
- Executive summary 17
- Acknowledgements 19
- Glossary 20
- 1. Introduction 23
- 2. Preparatory phase 28
- 2.1 Conventions and standards 28
- 2.2 Basic investigation and site assessment 29
- 2.3 Specifying conservation objectives 29
- 2.4 Management planning 30
- 2.5 Output: Statement of purpose 32
- 3. Conceptual phase 35
- 3.1 Why: The purpose of monitoring 36
- 3.2 What: Indicators in a biodiversity monitoring programme 36
- 3.3 Where: Scale of spatial features 39
- 3.4 When: Scale of temporal features 40
- 3.5 Who: Identifying actors and stakeholders 42
- 3.6 Required resources: Identifying the resource pool 44
- 3.7 Output: Defined scope of the biodiversity monitoring programme 44
- 4. Implementation phase 46
- 4.1 Deciding on sample design and methods 48
- 4.2 Acquisition and customisation of tools and materials 50
- 4.3 Elaboration of a field manual 51
- 4.4 Conducting test runs 51
- 4.5 Ongoing monitoring cycles 52
- 5. Re-evaluation phase 60
- 6. General considerations 62
- 6.1 Obligations: International conventions and policies 62
- 6.2 Art of omission: Daring to simplify 65
- 6.3 Biodiversity monitoring systems: Designing modular, multi-scale and multi-purpose monitoring systems 66
- 6.4 Combining forms of knowledge 68
- 6.5 Continuity risks: Avoiding disruptions and gaps in data 69
- 6.6 Detecting trends and correlations: The value of time series 70
- 6.7 Maintaining ecological balance: Establishing baselines and thresholds 72
- 6.8 Setting up monitoring systems: Costs and outcomes 72
- 6.9 Protected Area Management Effectiveness evaluation tools 73
- 7. A review of methods and technologies to implement efficient and effective biodiversity monitoring programmes 76
- 7.1 Early bird or late adopter: Drivers and barriers of technology deployment 77
- 7.2 Toolkit: Overview of the indicators 77
- 7.3 Technology-based approaches for biodiversity monitoring 80
- 7.4 Analysis: Applying advanced computer technologies for big data 85
- 8. Synthesis: A new age of biodiversity monitoring 90
- References 91
- Annexes 98
- Author profiles 107
