Participatory evaluation for landcare and catchment management groups: A guide for facilitators (original) (raw)

Foreword Greening Australia, in its role as a community organisation, was uniquely placed to initiate and develop Participatory Evaluation for Landcare and Catchment Groups. Significant public and private funding is being invested in natural resource management. For this reason alone we need to learn from and understand our successes and our failures. That is what participatory monitoring and evaluation is all about. Continued public support for, and investment in, natural resource management depends on our ability to demonstrate the impressive achievements of landcare and catchment groups to the wider public. At the same time we must face up to the limitations of current efforts so that we can make improvements. There is no doubt that government and community groups alike are in an early phase of learning how to implement practical and effective systems for monitoring and evaluating the impact of landcare and catchment management. I believe this guide will be seen as an important c...