title: Monitoring does not always count.
abstract: The gross under-resourcing of conservation endeavours has placed an increasing emphasis on spending accountability. Increased accountability has led to monitoring forming a central element of conservation programs. Although there is little doubt that information obtained from monitoring can improve management of biodiversity, the cost (in time and/or money) of gaining this knowledge is rarely considered when making decisions about allocation of resources to monitoring. We present a simple framework allowing managers and policy advisors to make decisions about when to invest in monitoring to improve management.
authors: The University of Queensland, School of Biological Sciences, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia. eve-mcdonald@csiro.au
authors: Eve
authors: E
authors: McDonald-Madden
authors: Peter W J
authors: PW
authors: Baxter
authors: Richard A
authors: RA
authors: Fuller
authors: Tara G
authors: TG
authors: Martin
authors: Edward T
authors: ET
authors: Game
authors: Jensen
authors: J
authors: Montambault
authors: Hugh P
authors: HP
authors: Possingham
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000191:economics*; D003663:Decision Trees; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000191:economics; D008394:Marsupialia; D020308:Songbirds; D050685:Whale, Killer