Canning River Regional Park - Department of Environment and ...

Part F Research and Monitoring
PART F RESEARCH AND MONITORING
31. RESEARCH AND
MONITORING
RESEARCH AND MONITORING
GOAL
institutions and other
organisations in research
projects within the Park and
promote research programs and
findings that address key
issues. (CC and CALM)
Promote and undertake studies on the Park's
social values and natural processes and
monitor the impacts of visitor use and
management.
The objective is to develop and
maintain knowledge regarding visitor
use, natural processes and the
influence of people on the Park.
There are many opportunities for research
within the Park. The Ecological Studies
Report produced by Brock and Pen (1984) was
comprehensive but is now more than 10 years
old. This data needs to be updated in the near
future. Visitor impacts, management impacts
and external influences all need to be evaluated
for their impact on the Park.
There has only been one small visitor survey
carried out and more in depth and up to date
information would be beneficial. Social
monitoring that determines visitor satisfaction
and impacts is receiving increasing attention
from park management agencies throughout
Australia.
It would be appropriate that research projects
and monitoring programs involve as wide a
range of people as possible. The involvement
of volunteers, educational institutions and
individual researchers can reduce research and
monitoring costs and assist in providing
information to management bodies and the
broader community.
Individual sections of the Management Plan
provide strategies concerning monitoring and
research that needs to be carried out.
STRATEGIES
1. Implement an integrated
program of survey, research and
monitoring (including social
monitoring) within the Park.
(CC and CALM)
2. Encourage the participation of
volunteers, educational
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