Monitoring and Research Clause Samples

Monitoring and Research. The KNAW advisory committee and national government have been called upon to outline the priorities with regard to monitoring and research in the implementation of this Agreement. Research and monitoring can in part be funded from the ‘Transition fund’. The research and monitoring agenda in appendix 2 to this Agreement underpins the right to transition fund financing. In allocation of these resources, a distinction must be made between more fundamental and applied research and monitoring. On the one hand, monitoring refers to the gathering of knowledge to make up knowledge shortfalls for example about the presence and behaviour of species in response to the changing North Sea, and on the other hand the effectiveness of measures from this Agreement. The results of research and monitoring will be published in the biannual State of the North Sea, via which progress towards a healthy North Sea is transparently communicated. 7.1 Research is in principle funded via existing sources of funding40. For research resulting directly from the agreements laid down in this Agreement, the ‘Transition fund’ can be appealed to. 7.2 The monitoring and research agenda that forms part of this Agreement is vital for the establishment of a common knowledge base. The agenda also helps prevent fragmentation of knowledge and research. It helps ensure that rights to the ‘Transition fund’ for research remain tied in with the undertakings in this Agreement. 7.3 All data and research results emerging from the North Sea Agreement will be made available via the ‘public unless’ principle. 7.4 The WOZEP programme will be continued and intensified. Coordination will be sought with the research programme from this Agreement, to exclude the risk of overlap and duplications. 7.5 The ‘Transition fund’ will determine which proposals are eligible for financing on the basis of the research agenda of the North Sea Consultation. 40 For example the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), the Fishery Innovation Fund, the Offshore wind energy ecological programme (WOZEP), the Basic GES and the ecological innovation programme line of the TKI WOZ.

Monitoring and Research. ‌ The Monitoring and Research Conservation measures discussed below will be used to provide data and information to the research community, USFWS, and TPWD, which is a direct benefit to the Covered Species, to include informing potential reintroduction efforts. Additionally, the Covered Parties commit to using this data to inform a biennial review of the Covered Activities to determine if reasonable operational changes can be made to benefit the Covered Species. The USFWS Arlington Field Office, state species experts, and TPWD will be informed no less than 30 days prior to this meeting so that any relevant topics, comments, or new information can be incorporated into the meeting agenda. On case-by-case basis and at the discretion of the Covered Parties, staff from USFWS, TPWD, academia, and industry may be invited to attend the biennial meetings. The Covered Parties will provide a meeting summary report that will include a copy of the agenda, the discussion points, new data not previously submitted to the USFWS, and any relevant decisions used to inform these discussions will be provided to the USFWS Arlington office and state species experts no more than 30 days after the meeting. Any operational changes made will be at the sole discretion of the Covered Parties.

Monitoring and Research. M onitoring of the Beaufort Sea beluga and the annual harvest are necessary to provide information required to evaluate the soundness of management strategies and the health of the beluga. In light of information gaps in the database for Beaufort Sea beluga, the FJMC, DFO and the Environmental Studies Research Funds (ESRF) sponsored a workshop to examine the status and other important questions related to Beaufort Sea Beluga. The workshop was held in Vancouver, BC on February 3-6, 1992, and was attended by individuals representing various agencies from both Alaska and the ISR, technical advisors and hunters. As a result of research priorities identified by the workshop, FJMC sponsored a number of research projects including: an aerial survey, a DNA stock genetics study, and a community based traditional knowledge study. The results of these studies have been discussed at an FJMC sponsored workshop in the spring of 1996.

Monitoring and Research. Grantee may conduct research activities and monitor such activities in connection with promoting forest land use, protection, and conservation such as protecting important scenic, cultural, fish, wildlife and recreational resources, riparian areas and other ecological values consistent with all provisions of this Easement.

Monitoring and Research.  Coordinate research and monitoring efforts in relation to the impacts of climate change across the CMS Family. (Parties / Signatories to CMS instruments). [S]  Undertake research on the status, trends, distribution and ecology of migratory species. This would include identifying knowledge gaps and may require the use and refinement of existing technologies and tools (e.g. remote sensing), the development of new ones, promotion of citizen science, and coordination / knowledge exchange to improve capacity. (Parties, scientific community).[S]  Develop an understanding of migratory routes, how they are changing (e.g. using existing recoveries of ringed birds and new tracking technologies) and the connectivity between populations (e.g. using genetic approaches) to identify key sites, locations and appropriate management units for particular species. (Parties, scientific community).[M]  Identify key breeding and stopover locations, as well as key wintering sites (hotspots) for migratory species, and focus the monitoring of environmental change on these locations. (Parties, scientific community). [M]  Develop and implement monitoring regimes that are adequate to distinguish declines in populations from transboundary range shifts; diagnose the causes of decline, and to help analyse the impact of climate change on migratory species, inter alia through the following measures: o Identify and carry out research on the impacts of climate change on migratory species, including the impact on habitats and on local (human) communities dependent on the ecosystem services provided by these species. Such research should consider impacts across the full life-cycle cycle of the species concerned. (Scientific community); [L] o Establish appropriate monitoring of habitat extent and quality and the abundance of key resources / interacting species (e.g., keystone prey or major predators) to identify changes and to inform vulnerability assessments. (Parties, scientific community); [M] o Establish and collate monitoring of other threats, to help identify synergistic threats and correctly attribute observed changes to climate change or to other causes. This may require the use and refinement of existing technologies and tools (e.g. remote sensing), the development of new ones, promotion of citizen science, and coordination / knowledge exchange to improve capacity. (Parties, scientific community); [M] o Ensure that monitoring is maintained in the long term, using comparative meth...

Monitoring and Research. Parks Canada will monitor and report on the following components of the Pingo Canadian Landmark ecosystem on a long-term basis: climate; elevational change of Split and Ibyuk pingos; change in vegetative cover on pingos and sensitive areas associated with visitor use and natural erosion; active layer thickness; and approximate visitor numbers to the Landmark. Ongoing

Monitoring and Research. Threats addressed: All The Monitoring and Research Conservation measures discussed below will be used to provide data and information to the research community, USFWS, and TPWD, which is a direct benefit to the Covered Species, to include informing potential reintroduction efforts. Additionally, the Covered Parties commit to using this data to inform a biennial review of the Covered Activities to determine if reasonable operational changes can be made to benefit the Covered Species. The USFWS Arlington Field Office, state species experts, and TPWD will be informed no less than 30 days prior to this meeting so that any relevant topics, comments, or new information can be incorporated into the meeting agenda. The Covered Parties will provide a meeting summary report that will include a copy of the agenda, the discussion points, new data not previously submitted to the USFWS, and any relevant decisions used to inform these discussions will be provided to the USFWS Arlington office and state species experts no more than 30 days after the meeting. Any operational changes made will be at the sole discretion of the Covered Parties.

Monitoring and Research. This includes monitoring required by permittee’s ESA Section 10 permits, CDFW’s 1600 permit and all other regulatory requirements. Other studies and research that landowners will allow to further the understanding of the Shasta River are also included such as studies for riparian survival, Covered Species surveys, habitat improvement, and food availability. • Reports on all monitoring and research done within a reporting year be included in the annual SHA report if author of the research gives consent for inclusion.

Monitoring and Research. ‌ To support the installation’s eastern regal fritillary population and habitat needs, FTIG has monitored the subspecies since 1997 (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 2010, p. 31), with systematic surveys conducted annually (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al. 2002, pp. M-6–M-8; PADMVA 2022a, pp. F-11–F-13; ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 2021, p. 10; PADMVA 2022b, p. 1; ▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al. 2022, p. 2; ▇▇▇▇▇▇ 2023). Staff conduct several types of surveys, each with a specific objective intended to improve knowledge about FTIG’s eastern regal fritillary population. Surveys include mark-release-recapture (provides population estimate), ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Walk (provides estimates of butterfly densities), larval and pupal (provides visual confirmation of presence), occupancy (monitors colonization of new areas), host plant and vegetation (monitors habitat quality/quantity), and disease detection (PADMVA 2022a, p. F-11–F-13; Service 2021, pp. 1–3; PADMVA 2022b, p.1).