34 – Organisational perspectives on threatened species monitoring^417frequently (e.g. communication, reporting on management outcomes) were rarely
cited as a good component of current programs, but were often highlighted as a key
component in threatened species monitoring programs. Certain constraints to
effective threatened species monitoring (e.g. resource limitations) were universal
and unrelated to the purpose of monitoring. These results, although only
representing a small proportion of Australian threatened species monitoring
Fig. 34.2. Organisational decision-making processes and factors influencing the decisions of which
species to monitor. Decision-making processes are described as being guided by internal or external
priorities, or without process. Responses to ‘factors influencing decisions’ that are given in bold were cited
by more than half of respondents in an institutional category.