Linking Community Based Ecosystem Monitoring to Local Decision Making and Policy Development on Sustainability

Voluntary Sector Initiative (VSI) Project

Final Report

Rebecca M. Pollock
Graham S. Whitelaw
David K. Atkinson

With contributions from
Marlene Doyle
Elizabeth Kilvert
Hague Vaughan
Brian Craig
Sarah Quinlan

Canadian Nature Federation
Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network Coordinating Office, Environment Canada

March 2003

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Acknowledgements.

Executive Summary.

1.0 Introduction.

1.1 Project Goals.

1.2 Communities and Coordinators.

1.3 Assumptions.

1.4 Role of this Report.

2.0 Project Management and Implementation.

3.0 Conceptual Framework to Guide the Community Based Monitoring Initiative.

3.1 Methodology.

3.2 Conceptual Framework to guide the CBM initiative.

4.0 Evaluation of the conceptual framework.

4.1 Objectives.

4.2 Methodology.

4.3 Analysis of Approaches.

4.4 Observations.

4.5 Factors for Success.

5.0 The Enhanced Conceptual Framework for Community Based Monitoring.

5.1 Critique of the Conceptual Framework.

5.2 Principles for Community Based Monitoring.

5.3 An Enhanced Conceptual Framework for Community Based Monitoring.

5. 4 Tool Box for Community Based Monitoring.

5.5 Applying the Enhanced Conceptual Framework on the Ground.

6.0 Lessons Learned.

7.0 Key Outcomes from the CBM Initiative.

8.0 Recommendations.

References.

Appendices

Appendix 1A Literature Review

Appendix 2A Quarterly Reports

Appendix 3A Case Study Analysis

Appendix 3B Justification for Case Study Selection

Appendix 3C Telephone/E-mail Survey for Case Studies

Appendix 3D List of Case Study Contacts

Appendix 4A Evaluation Methodology

Appendix 4B Checklist of Approaches to Community Based Monitoring

Appendix 4Ci Governance Analysis Tool (PDF only)

Appendix 4Cii Governance Analysis Survey Codes

Appendix 8A Visions for the CCMN