Information Analysis and Monitoring
Main objective
To support the territorial knowledge of the Natural Reserves at a national, regional and local scale, according to Resnatur’s established conservation-production criteria. Create an improved decision-making process by means of monitoring, evaluation and follow up of the information gathered through Resnatur’s activities.
Geographic Information System
The GIS has become an important tool for Resnatur, as well as for researchers, analysts, planners and others that are in need of spatial or geographical information.
The latest technological advance has lead us towards an optimization of our resources (data) using generated information for an improved management. This is possible now due to the availability and access to geographical information that can be processed efficiently and fast. Resnatur decided to create the GIS to develop management plans for the protected areas, and to support the environmental management and monitoring system
For institutions as Resnatur, the GIS provides the following benefits:
- An updated inventory of the active Natural Reserves.
- Analysis of the Reserves’ distribution and the monitoring
- Evaluation of the human activities impact on the environment.
- Management plans formulation and efficient control.
- Strategic areas identification.
- Activity planning for the natural resources and in biodiversity preservation.
Monitoring and Evaluation System
One of our goals is to develop a monitoring and evaluation system that helps us to follow up on the projects and the overall tasks of the organization.
This system should be a practical tool to measure the success, effects and impacts of the activities at local, regional and national level. A monitoring and evaluation system should be part of any project, but also of the organization’s work plan; an instrument that facilitates the planning of the necessary activities to reach programmed objectives, and that allows relevant corrections by means of periodic analyses. One of the proposed strategies to evaluate the achievement of Resnatur’s and its node’s projects and work plans with regard to planned goals is the formulation of long term outcomes (“impact” outcomes, over 10 years), medium term outcomes (“effect” outcomes, between 2 to 5 years) and short term outcomes (“product” outcomes, between 1 and 2 years). This formulation includes the establishment of indicators to measure the activities’ progress in a quarterly, semester and annual frequency. Surveys of the associates are used to gather the data for measuring these indicators, as well as monitoring owner satisfaction, their attitude changes and their adoption of new technologies. It is easier to identify suitable indicators for project evaluation by organizing them into four categories:
- Social indicators to measure changes in social aspects (for example access to services, housing, education, property, health, gender equality, adoption of new practices, etc).
- Economic indicators to measure changes in the economic status (for example level of debts and investment, credit access, capital goods, income, production level, self-employment level, employment level, technological level, etc..)
- Political-organizational indicators to measure the changes in organization and control status of the beneficiaries on the decisions that affect their life (for example organization level and social control, leadership, benefits distribution among the participants, etc.).
- Environmental indicators to measure the environmental changes (for example deforestation and reforestation, contamination, protected areas, water sources, wild life, good practices adoption and ecological conscience level, etc.).
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