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7 How Monitoring Improves Restoration Effectiveness
7 How Monitoring Improves Restoration Effectiveness
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future restoration decision making. This chapter addresses the following part of the committee's charge: "for monitoring and evaluating EVALUATING RESTORATION EFFECTIVENESS restoration activities to improve the performance AT THE PROJECT AND PROGRAM LEVEL of restoration programs and increase the effectiveness and longevity of restoration Formal evaluations of conservation projects projects." and programs have been growing in number and The first section of this chapter provides a sophistication recently because of increasing general discussion of how monitoring can recognition that "good project management is improve restoration effectiveness at the project integrally linked to well-designed monitoring and and program levels and enhance restoration evaluation systems" (Stem et al., 2005)
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, thereby improving future Furthermore, the review notes "to deliver restoration decisions. measurable fisheries production benefits from The terms "active" and "passive" adaptive restoration projects" the program would have to management are often used to distinguish two deliver fewer but larger projects." approaches to structured learning, although there As detailed in Chapter 3, how much can be is notable variability in the way these terms are learned from monitoring depends on the rigor used.
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Ultima d o n ster ately, this projec was intended t ct to inform futu large-scale oyster restoration projects and im ure o n mprove cost efficciency and effec ctiveness with re egards to restora ation design as well as appropriate fisheries management practices (Havens et al., 2013, 2015)
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. Active adaptive adaptive management allows learning and management generally leads to faster learning adjustments to restoration projects, thereby than passive strategies but can be expensive increasing the likelihood that restoration goals (Gregory et al., 2006; Williams et al., 2009; Allen will be achieved and undesirable outcomes et al., 2011)
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Adaptive Active adaptive management, where several management allows restoration programs to restoration alternatives are often tested prioritize what to do (and where and when) and simultaneously, is best employed when there are make adjustments as new information is alternative management scenarios to choose acquired.
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These include careful what may make that uncertainty critical may be determination of critical uncertainties, difficult, because uncertainty and risk are development of adaptive management plans, associated with virtually all restoration projects. support for evaluation and synthesis of Therefore, a systematic approach is needed to monitoring data, development of a process for screen and prioritize project-related adaptive management decision making, political uncertainties.
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restoration projects and writing adaptive Adaptive management plans at the sub-regional management plans. (i.e., watershed/estuary)
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Costs for Adaptive Management Within the adaptive management process, • Adaptive Management Planning Costs decision makers take the information from • Monitoring Costs research, monitoring, and evaluation and • Implementation Costs determine whether operations need to be 6. Operating Procedures (How the Adaptive changed, additional restorative actions need to Management Plan Is Implemented)
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As previously discussed, coordinated restoration decision making and reduce risk; program teams could identify high-priority uncertainties (see Box 1.2) for common project • Development of project-level adaptive types and for the Gulf restoration program more management plans that formalize the key steps broadly to provide guidance at the project level.
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92 Effective Monitoring to Evaluate Ecological Restoration in the Gulf of Mexico • Institutional support for synthesis and evaluation in support of decision making; • Development of a decision-making process in advance for making adjustments to restoration projects; • A clear financial and procedural commitment to adaptive management, which will likely require a dedicated organizational structure and additional planning and monitoring beyond typical restoration projects; and • Coordinated guidance for implementing adaptive management for Gulf restoration.
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