Towards a national protocol for monitoring & reporting of status & trends in significant native species & ecological communities 2008-08-04T04:26:35Z 2008-09-05T03:39:15Z Towards a national protocol for monitoring & reporting of status & trends in significant native species & ecological communities A. Moorrees, V. Craigie and S. Citroen A. Moorrees, V. Craigie and S. Citroen <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This report is the result of a project commissioned as an adjunct to the second National Biodiversity Assessment. The objective was to draft a national protocol for monitoring and reporting of significant native species and ecological communities and ecological communities, based on a review of literature and consultation with stakeholders. The report provides an introduction to the project, a brief synopsis of the current national and international context. It outlines the consultation process undertaken and summarises the key findings. It establishes a set of design principles for a protocol and presents a brief discussion of some of the key issues surrounding biodiversity monitoring and reporting. A definition of &lsquo;significant&rsquo; is proposed and an outline of potential indicators and sub-indicators is sketched.</span></span></p> PN21448 PN21448 DSE5