Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/20431
Title: Evaluation of a natural resource management program: an Australian case study
Contributor(s): Verbeek, Miriam  (author); Martin, Paul  (author)orcid ; Fortunato, Michael (author); Alter, Ted  (author); Bridger, Jeffrey (author); Radhakrishna, Rama (author)
Publication Date: 2016
DOI: 10.1080/14486563.2016.1250680
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/20431
Abstract: Good evaluation practice generally requires that clear project and program objectives, baselines, metrics and data collection and analysis methods be in place from project commencement to ensure that data are captured reliably. Causal links between actions and outcomes, when coupled with relevant data, should be sufficiently direct to allow reliable (preferably quantifiable) deductions to be drawn about project and program effectiveness and efficiency. However there are situations where the conditions are far from this ideal but when it is nevertheless important to evaluate outcome performance objectively and to find ways to improve programs. This article outlines an approach to manage evaluations where: baseline data is deficient; cause-effect relationships are complicated; and project objectives are complex. The approach was applied to evaluate a program that provided public funding to support a diverse portfolio of community-based, on-ground invasive animal control projects. The approach used: explicit ex post theorising to distil testable hypotheses about effectiveness and project operation; mixed-methods data gathering and analysis; triangulation of different types of evidence; expert data gatherers; and careful attention to the policy objectives of the evaluation.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, 23(4), p. 382-401
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
ISSN: 2159-5356
1448-6563
1322-1698
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 180111 Environmental and Natural Resources Law
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 480203 Environmental law
410404 Environmental management
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 960799 Environmental Policy, Legislation and Standards not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 190299 Environmental policy, legislation and standards not elsewhere classified
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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