Monitoring & Evaluation of Landscapes

Part of the broader context of Landscape approaches, and the rise of such organisations as the Global Landscapes Forum, has been a new intensity of scientific research, knowledge sharing and standards of oversight, scrutiny and publicly-available information. This revolution has sought to overcome one of the central problems recognised by the landscape approach: a criticial dearth of communication between sectors, particualrly in reference to monitoring and evaluation.  In the absence of such practices, it has proven impossible to fully understand the impact of potentially destructive activities and equally difficult to see tehs cope for mutually beneficial policies (Understanding impacts of mining). With a new dawn of consultation and transparency, different parts of the landscape have been able to come together to deliver sustainable solutions (Success Factors for sustainable bio energy).