M O N I T O R I N G A N D E V A L U AT I O N
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is an
important part of the LDC project because
it collects data progressively to keep track
of milestones and monitor progress towards
predefined p oject outcomes.
There are many scales of monitoring occurring
simultaneously.
Zooming in at the paddock scale yields data to
illustrate the on-ground results.
This is important to evaluate the effectiveness
of the work, and to provide feedback to
participating stakeholders, for example, it
shows that the gully remediation works at Mt
Wickham continues to reduce sediment leaving
the site.
Zooming out highlights trends across sub
catchments, soil types and project activity
types. This level of monitoring contributes to
shared learnings and adaptive management.
For example, the strong interest in weed
reduction from more than 70 per cent of
landholders has contributed to supporting
additional cluster groups becoming established
in 2020 including one addressing weeds
specificall .
Zooming further out to the big picture of
the BBB catchment and the LDC project as a
whole, the data shows the impact being made,
Jim Fletcher, of
DAF, carried out
soil sampling across
multiple project sites.
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Soil samples have
been taken across
multiple LDC project
sites.