Subject(s): Biodiversity and Landscape -- Learning from experience of participatory biodiversity assessment -- Monitoring and assessment of biodiversity under the convention on biological diversity and other international agreements , Millennium ecosystem assessment-a multi scale assessment for global stakeholders, Conservation of biological diversity in EI Salvador shade coffee- Importance of taxonomic capacity for participatory assessments, Taking stock of nature in species rich but economically poor areas- Emerging discipline of locally based monitoring -- Researching local perspectives on biodiversity in Tropical landscapes, participatory resources monitoring in SW china, Forest inventory in Nepal- Technical power or social empowerment , Perceptions of landscape change in British Columbia's Northwest - Implications for biodiversity and participatory management, Thousands planned for a billion- Lessons from India on decentralized, participatory planning -- Insde monitoring-a comparison of bird monitoring groups in Slovenia and the United Kingdom, Personal and political of volunteer's data: towards a national biodiversity database for the UK, Improving forest management through participatory monitoring- a comparative case study of four community based Forestry organization in the western US