Review of the framework for designing biodiversity monitoring programs: the latest IUCN WCPA technical report series contribution

Abstract

Published on April 22nd, 2024 as IUCN WCPA Technical Report Series No. 7, a new book on establishing biodiversity monitoring programs in conservation areas is now available for application by site managers and stakeholders. The guideline was written by Daniel Dalton, Vanessa Berger, Hanns Kirchmeir, Vanessa Adams, Judith Botha, Stephan Halloy, Robbie Hart, Vid Švara, Katia Torres Ribeiro, Sunita Chaudhary, and Michael Jungmeier, with dozens of contributing practitioners and researchers. Five of the authors worked in public or private institutions in Carinthia, Austria at the time of publication, and a sixth author received a Master’s degree from Alpen-Adria University of Klagenfurt. This review was conducted by Paul Jarick and Nico Heitepriem, Biosphere Reserve Spreewald, Lübbenau/Spreewald, Germany. The book is available as a free download from the IUCN library: https://doi.org/10.2305/HRAP7908.