Monitoring overview

From this page you can download the following files:

• The conference paper, A landholder’s monitoring guide for sustainable natural resource management practice (PDF, 55 kB*) written by A. Grodecki, K. Hey and D. Gardiner for the 13th International Soil Conservation Organisation (ISCO) Conference - Conserving Soil and Water for Society: Sharing Solutions, held in Brisbane in July 2004.
• The print-friendly version of this monitoring section (PDF, 166 kB*) of the Land Manager's Monitoring Guide that discuses why you should consider monitoring, what you should be monitoring in your situation, why particular indicators are used and what indicators are covered in the guide, how to plan for monitoring, how to manage your data and why data quality is important.
• An example of how to record your metadata (PDF, 8 kB*) for any monitoring that you may undertake.
• Land manager’s monitoring plan (PDF, nn kB*)(RTF, nn kB), a simple template for developing a monitoring plan for your property.
• A description of the approximately 50 indicators (PDF, 51kB*) that have been identified for development as part of the Land Manager's Monitoring Guide.
• The land manager's monitoring plan (RTF, 10 kB)(PDF, 22 kB*) that provides a template for documenting the who, what, where and why of monitoring.
• An example notice of copyright, intellectual property, disclaimer and privacy (RTF, 17 kB)(PDF, 38 kB*) that you can use to define the conditions of use and access for your data, who is granted permission to use your data and for what purpose and for what period.

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If you experience any difficulty downloading or accessing the materials within the Land Manager's Monitoring Guide please contact the LMMG Team.