Author: Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network
Report– Feb 01, 2005
In the fall of 2001, the Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN) Coordinating Office in partnership with the Nature Canada (formerly Canadian Nature Federation) and supported by the Federal Voluntary Sector Initiative initiated a study in 31 Canadian Communities on how to engage Canadians in the monitoring of their local environment and in the effective delivery of the resulting information to local decision-makers. From a National perspective, one objective was to derive consistent data and information from across the country through the use of standardized monitoring protocols. This could be used to inform policy and decision-making at all scales. Of equal importance was how to deliver such information effectively so that decisions and choices were, in fact, better informed.