Major Monitoring Networks: A Foundation to Preserve, Protect, and Restore
M.P. Bradley and F.W. Kutz · Environmental Monitoring · 2004
Ideally, major human and environmental monitoring networks should provide the scientific information needed for policy and management decision-making processes. It is widely recognized that reliable, comparable, and useable measurement results are a key component of effective monitoring and successful sustainable development policies. Monitoring should drive the planning process and provide the necessary data to evaluate the results of programs that were created, and then provide feedback to show what remains to be done.