Data summarizing monitoring and evaluation for three European environmental policies in 9 cases across Europe
Kerry A. Waylen,
Kirsty L. Blackstock,
Freddy J. van Hulst,
Carmen Damian,
Ferenc Horváth,
Richard K. Johnson,
Robert Kanka,
Mart Külvik,
Christopher J.A. Macleod,
Kristian Meissner,
Mihaela M. Oprina-Pavelescu,
Joan Pino,
Eeva Primmer,
Geta Rîșnoveanu,
Barbora Šatalová,
Jari Silander,
Jana Špulerová,
Monika Suškevičs,
Jan Van Uytvanck
Affiliations
Kerry A. Waylen
Social, Economic & Geographical Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Cragiebuckler, Scotland, AB15 8QH, UK; Corresponding author.
Kirsty L. Blackstock
Social, Economic & Geographical Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Cragiebuckler, Scotland, AB15 8QH, UK
Freddy J. van Hulst
Social, Economic & Geographical Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Cragiebuckler, Scotland, AB15 8QH, UK
Carmen Damian
Department of Systems Ecology and Sustainability, University of Bucharest, 91-95 Spl. Independentei, Bucharest, 050095, Romania
Ferenc Horváth
Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Alkotmány u. 2-4, 2163 Vácrátót, Hungary
Richard K. Johnson
Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7050, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
Robert Kanka
Institute of Landscape Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences Stefanikova 3, 814 99 Bratislava, Slovakia
Mart Külvik
Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 5, 51006 Tartu, Estonia
Christopher J.A. Macleod
Information and Computational Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Cragiebuckler, Scotland, AB15 8QH, UK
Kristian Meissner
Programme for Environmental Information, Finnish Environment Institute - SYKE, Survontie 9a, 40500 Jyväskylä, Finland
Mihaela M. Oprina-Pavelescu
Department of Systems Ecology and Sustainability, University of Bucharest, 91-95 Spl. Independentei, Bucharest, 050095, Romania
Joan Pino
Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications - CREAF, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Catalonia, Spain
Eeva Primmer
Programme for Environmental Information, Finnish Environment Institute - SYKE, Survontie 9a, 40500 Jyväskylä, Finland
Geta Rîșnoveanu
Department of Systems Ecology and Sustainability, University of Bucharest, 91-95 Spl. Independentei, Bucharest, 050095, Romania
Barbora Šatalová
Institute of Landscape Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences Stefanikova 3, 814 99 Bratislava, Slovakia
Jari Silander
Freshwater Centre, Freshwater Centre, Finnish Environment Institute - SYKE, P.O. Box 140, 00251 Helsinki, Finland
Jana Špulerová
Institute of Landscape Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences Stefanikova 3, 814 99 Bratislava, Slovakia
Monika Suškevičs
Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 5, 51006 Tartu, Estonia
Jan Van Uytvanck
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Havenlaan 88 bus 73, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
The data presented in this DiB article provide an overview of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) carried out for 3 European environmental policies (the Water Framework Directive, the Natura 2000 network of protected areas, and Agri-Environment Schemes implemented under the Common Agricultural Policy), as implemented in 9 cases (Catalonia (Spain), Estonia, Finland, Flanders (Belgium), Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Scotland (UK), Sweden). These data are derived from reports and documents about monitoring programs that were publicly-available online in 2017. The literature on M&E to support adaptive management structured the issues that have been extracted and summarized. The data is related to the research article entitled “Policy-driven monitoring and evaluation: does it support adaptive management of socio-ecological systems?” [Stem et al., 2005]. The information provides a first overview of monitoring and evaluation that has been implemented in response to key European environmental policies. It provides a structured overview that permits a comparison of cases and policies and can assist other scholars and practitioners working on monitoring and evaluation.
