Towards a national protocol for monitoring & reporting of status & trends in significant native species & ecological communities

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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 ‘significant’ is proposed and an outline of potential indicators and sub-indicators is sketched.