Resource Monitoring

Resource monitoring is an essential part of sustainably managing the natural resources of the Orange-Senqu River basin. This sections looks at resource monitoring and how the data from monitoring programmes is collected, stored, distributed and used for better decision making. This section also examines where there are gaps in current monitoring programmes and how these can be closed.

Chapter Summary

This chapter is structured as follows:

The Importance of Monitoring
Water Quality Monitoring
Monitoring Systems in the Basin Countries
Aquatic Ecosystem Health monitoring
Information Systems
Data for Decision Making
Data and Monitoring Gaps

Monitoring our resources so that they are used sustainably.

Source:Vogel 2007

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