Develop a Follow-Up and Monitoring Plan
The objective of this building block is to provide technical teams with parameters for measuring the effectiveness of restoration actions in the field.
The monitoring plan should include elements to evaluate the following parameters: 1) degree of development of planted species and their response capacity, 2) changes in water patterns and abundance, 3) changes in biodiversity dynamics (presence and abundance), as well as in the disappearance of exotic and/or invasive species, 4) changes in the environmental conditions of the area, and 5) changes in land dynamics and use, as well as public use and community demands.
- Social auditing favors accountability in the quality and quantity of public investment in the territories.
- Co-administration or co-management agreements favor accountability in the quality and quantity of non-governmental investment in the territories.
- The creation of local governance platforms favors the creation of robust and transparent accountability systems.
- The data provided by the monitoring system should have a technical component (how have we progressed in the restoration of our area?) and a social component (what are the monetary and non-monetary benefits of the investments made?), so that the actors involved maintain a real and effective interest in contributing to the restoration of these sites.