| Summary: | The Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN) was established in 1994 as a national network to provide an understanding and explanation of observed changes in ecosystems. The network coordinates ecological monitoring and assessments at 127 sites in Canada. EMNN is made up of linked organizations and individuals involved in ecological monitoring in Canada to better detect, describe, and report on ecosystem changes. The network is a cooperative partnership of federal, provincial and municipal governments, academic institutions, aboriginal communities and organizations, industry, environmental non-government organizations, volunteer community groups, elementary and secondary schools and other groups/individuals involved in ecological monitoring. The Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network Coordinating Office (EMAN CO) facilitates integrated monitoring, research and assessment across these various agencies and organizations without directly funding monitoring sites or duplicating initiatives already underway. EMAN CO is working with its partners to build a dynamic, common distributed data management system. EMAN was established with the following four objectives: (1) to provide a national perspective on how Canadian ecosystem are being affected by multitude of stresses on the environment; (2) to provide scientifically defensible rationales for pollution control and resource management policies; (3) to evaluate and report to Canadians on the effectiveness of resources management policies; and (4) to identify new environmental issues at the earliest possible stage. All EMAN partners are a part of the International Long Term Ecological Research Network (ILTER).
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