3 – The extent and adequacy of monitoring for Australian threatened mammal species^39reassurance to governments that their investment has been well spent, and
inspiration and hope for the public generally.Acknowledgements
We thank the editors for inviting this contribution, Manda Page for comments on a
draft, Katherine Moseby and Katherine Tuft for permission to display monitoring
data from the Arid Recovery project, the >200 colleagues who provided
information on monitoring activities, and Hayley Geyle for preparing the figures.
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