Conservation collects more data than ever. What is it for?

Mongabay
Apr 20, 2026, 12:35 pm119 ptsTrending
Before launching a monitoring program, conservationists are often asked how data will be collected, which indicators will be used, and how results will be analyzed. Less often, they are asked a simpler question: what is the monitoring for? A recent paper in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, led by Kate J.…

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