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Organizing Community Based Ecosystem
Monitoring In Canada


 
 

Graham S. Whitelaw



 
 
With Contributions from:

Jenna M. Watson
Leslie E. Adams
Lorri Krebs

Final draft research report prepared for the Canadian Nature Federation and the Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network Office, Environment Canada in support of the Voluntary Sector Initiative (VSI) Project “Linking Community Based Ecosystem Monitoring to Local Decision Making and Policy Development on Sustainability”

February 2002
 
 



 
 
            
Table of Contents

Executive Summary

Introduction

Background to the project
Assumptions
Agenda for this research

Methodology

Literature review
Case Studies
Evaluation of the literature and case studies

Results and Analysis

Literature Review
          Civil Society
          Political opportunity
          Sustainability
          Adaptive Environmental Management
          Governance
          Power and influence
          Public Participation
          Community Based Monitoring
          Community Based Monitoring Tools

Case Studies
          Atlantic Community Action Program
          Model Forest Program
          Local Agenda 21
          Environmental Advisory Committee
          Canadian Parks partnership
          Community Environment Watch
          Biosphere Reserves
          Carolinian Canada
          Community Action on Air Quality
          Remedial Action Program

Discussion – Working Hypothesis and Conceptual Framework

Working hypothesis
Conceptual framework

Program Performance Measurement

References

Appendix A –Telephone/e-mail survey

Appendix B – List of contacts


 
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