Operation
Setting up an impact monitoring system
This operation aims at setting up an impact monitoring system for the benefits of invasive ungulate management initiatives for biodiversity and water resources.
2 actions
• Develop or fine-tune effectiveness indicators for invasive ungulate management on biodiversity and ecosystem service quality, e.g. indicator species identification, permanent forest regeneration monitoring systems and acoustic monitoring.
• Discussions with experts and research bodies locally and/or regionally and internationally.
Set up monitoring systems for evaluating the condition of project sites and the extent of invasive ungulate impact on the undergrowth and biodiversity. The systems are for assessing invasive ungulate impacts over time in terms of control efforts and culling rates.
• Placing stations and setting up systems
• Implementing monitoring
A botanist will characterise the forest undergrowth, monitoring stations and the capacity to determine natural regeneration and certain species indicators.