MONITORING PROTECTED AREA SYSTEMS

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Margoluis, R., and N. Salafsky. 1998. Measures of Success: Designing, Managing, and Monitoring Conservation and Development Projects. Island Press, Washington, D.C. Available from Island Press, Washington DC.

Terborgh, J. and L. Davenport. 2002. Monitoring Protected Areas. In Making Parks Work, eds. J. Terborgh, C. van Schaik, L. Davenport and M. Rao. Washington DC: Island Press.

Pereira, H.M. and H.D. Cooper. 2006. Towards the global monitoring of biodiversity change TRENDS in Ecology and Evolution 21(3): 123-129.

Guides, tools and methods

Wilkinson, C., A. Green, J. Almary and S. Dionne. 2005. Monitoring Coral Reef Marine Protected Areas: A Practical Guide on how monitoring can support effective management of MPAs. Townsville, Australia: Institute of Marine Science.

Tucker, G., P. Bubb, M. de Heer, L. Miles, A. Laurence, J. van Rijsoort, S.B. Bajracharya, R.C. Nepal, R. Serchan and N. Chapagain.  2005.  Guidelines for Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring for Protected Areas.  Cambridge, UK: UNEP-WCMC.

Granizo, T., M.E. Molina, E. Secaira, B. Herrera, S. Benitez, Ó. Maldonado, M. Libby, P. Arroyo, S. Ísola, M. Castro. 2006. Manual de Planificación para la Conservación de Áreas. Quito, Ecuador: The Nature Conservancy and USAID. 204pp.

Case studies, reports and PDF downloads

Heyman, W. and N. Requena. 2003. Fish Spawning Aggregation Sites in the Mesoamerican Fish Barrier Reef Region: Recommendations for monitoring and management. Punta Gorda, Belize: The Nature Conservancy. 81 pp.

McNeil, C. and A. Promaine. 2003. Fathom Five National Marine Park of Canada. State of the Park Report. Toronto: Parks Canada. 72 pp.

Sale, P.F., E. A. Chavez, B.G. Hatcher, C. Mayfield and J. Ciborowski. 2003. Conservation and Sustainable Use of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras: Guidelines for Developing a Regional Monitoring and Environmental Information System.  Tokyo, Japan: United Nations University.  101pp.

Parks Victoria. 2000. State of the Parks 2000. Melbourne, Australia: Parks Victoria.

Websites

Convention on Biological Diversity, 2005. The 2010 Biodiversity Target. www.biodiv.org/2010-target, accessed May 15, 2007.

CMP. 2004. “Open standards for the practice of conservation.” Conservation Measures Partnership. Available at www.conservationmeasures.org. 25pp.