How practitioners integrate decision triggers with existing metrics in conservation monitoring.

摘要: Decision triggers are defined thresholds in the status of monitored variables that indicate when to undertake management, and avoid undesirable ecosystem change. frequently recommended conservation practitioners as a tool facilitate evidence-based management practices, but there has been limited attention paid how integrating decision into existing monitoring programs. We sought understand whether practitioners' use was influenced by type their investigated this question using practitioner-focused workshop involving structured discussion review eight Among our case studies, direct measures biodiversity (e.g. native species) were more commonly monitored, less likely be linked (10% with triggers) than being used surrogates (54% for program objectives. This because associated threatening processes, which often surrogate asset interest. By contrast, informal processes led activities such reviews or external consultation. Workshop participants favor including formalized programs, incomplete ecological knowledge, lack appropriately skilled staff, funding constraints, and/or uncertainty regarding intervention effectiveness. recommend consider (such consultation) programs just early warning points future interventions, particularly measures. discussions should recognized critical feature where information operational limitations inhibit interventions.