Stephenson, P. J., Mansourian, S., Borges, P. A. V., Correa, D. C. V., Polanco Fernández, A., Watson, K. M., & Dudley, N. (2025). Opportunities and challenges for monitoring ecosystem restoration in protected and conserved areas (Technical Note No. 24, 12 pp.). Gland, Switzerland: IUCN WCPA & IUCN SSC Species Monitoring Specialist Group.
The aim of this technical note is to raise awareness of the challenges and solutions for monitoring ecosystem restoration in and around protected and conserved areas, and to assist restoration practitioners, protected area managers and other decision makers to improve the collection and use of monitoring data as part of adaptive management.