Questionnaire

REACTION evaluation approach is expressed in the REACTION protocol for compiling and evaluating restoration projects (the questionnaire).

The questionnaire in English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

REACTION protocol is conceived not only as an evaluation methodology but also as an information system and aims at using the available information about the projects. Therefore, it has been designed as a broad framework, with a wide variety of indicators, requiring minimum field assessment and optimizing the use of existing and available information.

The selected indicators include ecological, environmental, socio-economic and cultural attributes that are relevant for Mediterranean conditions. Scales for evaluation include stand, ecosystem and landscape levels. Indicators of regional land use such as population density, area of forest and woodland surface, etc., precise socio-economic indicators, including ecosystem goods and services, have been selected; always bearing in mind the need for a suitable trade-off between information and simplicity. The ecological evaluation prioritizes indicators reflecting hydrological and nutrient cycling processes, as they are particularly relevant for the conservation of limiting resources in Mediterranean degraded and desertification-prone lands.

Site environmental conditions and technical description of the project are main parts of the evaluation protocol, in order to analyze constraints and opportunities for restoration and to allow comparisons between different technical approaches.

The projects compiled and evaluated in the questionnaires are included in the REACTION Database