Boreal Caribou Monitoring Toolkit

Welcome!

The following video provides a visual overview of the goals and objectives of the toolkit and explains how each of the tools within the toolkit work together. We encourage toolkit users to review this video before exploring the resources below. 

Interactive navigation 

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Hierarchical navigation 

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A) Toolkit Section: Perspectives on monitoring 

• Boreal Caribou Monitoring in Canada Part I: Perspectives from the NBCKC Monitoring Working Group
• "Knowing the Herd": Summary of 'Boreal Caribou Monitoring in Canada Part I'
• Guiding Principles for Cross-Cultural Collaboration

B) Toolkit Section: Decision tree

C) Toolkit Section: Data or evidence gathering 

• Subsection 1: "What Can be monitored (Parameters)"  

  • Monitoring methods bilingual glossary (in preparation)
• Subsection 2: "Connecting Parameters and Field Methods (Method Suitability tables)"  
  • Method suitability table 1: Selecting a monitoring method that suits your objectives 
  • Method suitability table 2: Suitability and requirements of monitoring methods
• Subsection 3: "How to monitor (Field methods)"
  • Related to Aerial surveys: 
    • Aerial Surveys guidance document
    • Aerial Counts, Occupancy Surveys, and Aerial Imagery factsheets 
  • Related to Telemetry-based monitoring: 
    • Telemetry-based methods guidance document
    • Radio-telemetry Collars, and Camera Collars factsheets
  • Related to Indirect monitoring: 
    • Indirect methods guidance document
    • Camera Traps, and Fecal Sampling factsheets
  • Related to Local and Harvester Observations: 
    • Local and Harvester Observations guidance document
    • Local and Harvest Interviews and Harvester-based Sampling factsheets

• Subsection 4: “Including data or evidence from multiple knowledge systems (Guiding resources)”  

  • Annotated bibliography (in preparation)

D) Toolkit section: Data or Evidence Analysis 

• Subsection 1: Modelling methods
  • Modelling methods tool (in preparation)
• Subsection 2: Analysis methods 
  • A Guide to Classification using Aerial Photography
• Subsection 3: Treatment of Indigenous Knowledge
  • Beyond Conservation: A Toolkit for Respectful Collaboration with Indigenous Peoples

Toolkit version history :  

• November 2021 (Re-organization for content and improved interactivity)
• June 2021 (Expansion for new content)
• December 2020 (launch)

This Page can be referenced as:   

NBCKC (2021) Boreal Caribou Monitoring Toolkit. National Boreal Caribou Knowledge Consortium, Ottawa, Canada.