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Summary of small group discussions: Monitoring objectives and thresholds
| Authors: | Patricia N. Manley |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Type: | General Technical Report |
| Station: | Pacific Southwest Research Station |
| Source: | In: Mortenson, Leif A.; Halperin, James J.; Manley, Patricia N.; Turner, Rich L., eds. Proceedings of the international workshop on monitoring forest degradation in Southeast Asia. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-246. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station: 46-48 |
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Abstract
Workshop participants were asked to address sets of questions in small group discussions, which were subsequently brought to the entire group for discussion. The second set of questions was directed at identifying a set of degradation activities that could be a primary focus for developing or refining methods and techniques for monitoring:
What are realistic monitoring objectives and what are the thresholds needed to assess change? What are the appropriate scales to target for monitoring? What challenges and opportunities exist for accomplishing these objectives?The objectives were defined in terms of measures of condition, and thresholds were defined as minimum magnitudes of change that monitoring should attempt to detect with reasonable statistical power and precision. General tenets for identifying realistic goals were developed by the groups. They were outlined for each of three topics.