The SNAPP-MORE (Monitoring Restoration) working group aims to answer these questions. We invite you to collaborate with us to answer this question. We are seeking data on restoration projects in tropical forests, savannas, and/or mangroves.
We are collating datasets of multifaceted (both ecological and socio-economic) outcomes of tropical restoration efforts, and will analyze this database to answer the vital question: Can we predict long-term restoration outcomes from shorter-term data? In this website, you will find detailed information about the project and our working group, the policies we are following (data sharing policy, co-authorship policy, code of conduct). The draft datasheets using which we are collating monitoring data from practitioners like you are available here. Without well-planned monitoring, it is difficult to know the outcomes of the numerous existing and upcoming restoration projects. However, without knowing what the indicators are to monitor, and for long should these indicators be monitored for, it is difficult to plan for monitoring. Our working group, funded by the Science for Nature and People Partnership (SNAPP; a partnership of The Nature Conservancy and the Wildlife Conservation Society), aims to resolve this catch-22 situation.