Why. The overall goal of waterbird monitoring of species and populations is to provide the data needed for effective conservation and management of waterbirds. Monitoring is an integral part of the management process; monitoring data are used to undertake assessments of the status of the population, which leads to the identification and implementation of management actions based on the available evidence. Data from monitoring then provide feedback about the effects of the management actions undertaken and contribute to a new assessment of both the status and the effectiveness of the actions. Monitoring programmes that both take into account the fate of the bird populations, and that identify the drivers are referred to as integrated monitoring. This integrated approach provides further insight to why observed changes in bird abundance are happening, that basic abundance monitoring cannot. Integrated monitoring involves the regular integrated analysis of data collected by the monitoring of abundance, vital rates and environmental conditions and pressures.
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Sources: Agreement on the Conservation of African Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds, Agreement on the Conservation of African Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds, Agreement on the Conservation of African Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds