Ccad ecosystems and Protected Areas Monitoring Database Manual Edition 4 Dr. Ir. Daan Vreugdenhil Alain K. Meyrat, msc. Paul R. House, Phd ing. Rubén D. Mateus María Stapf, msc Dr. Juan J. Castillo Lcda. Carmen Linarte



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FORM VI: HUMAN ACTIVITIES


Forms VI and VII have been developed to systematize and store field observations of park rangers and forest officers of protected areas and other special management areas. They function under the premise that rangers make contact with individuals they meet on their rounds28.

Form VI registers observations on human activities, and one for registering observations on a selection of wild animals, Form (VII).


window 9: Form VI, Human Activities

This form has two navigation buttons:



Switchboard:

This allows you to switch to most of the forms;

Monitored Species Form:

This allows you to switch to the standard selection of species to be monitored.

Forms VI and VII have their own tracking data and you don’t fill out Form I on primary ecosystem data. In this set of forms you will have to fill out the time and geographical position each time you make an observation. This is necessary, because both you and your objects of observation are mobile.


Under the trees you usually cannot get a GPS reading, or you may not carry a GPS with you. In such case you don’t fill out the coordinates. The data user will than understand, that the observation was made in that particular sector, but that you could not get a GPS reading. You may estimate your position from trail markers29 or a known nearby position. If this is not possible, the service round will at least always have the geographical position of the management sector or the area.
It is recommended to fill out the following data in the software: protected area, the sector, the geographical position of the sector, the observer, the administrative institution and the country.
We have prepared two sets of field forms. One set provides four sheets integrated into one file: (VIa) Persons on the Trail, (VIb) Harvest Data, (VIc) Data on Offences and (VII) monitored species. These pages fit on one page each and may be printed in any combination to suit your needs.
There is a separate field form file for recording only the indicator species in combination with the tracking data and the weather data. If you use that, in the database you will first have to fill out the tracking data and the weather in form VI and then change to form VII for entering the species.


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