ABSTRACT Community-based monitoring (CBM) activities are becoming increasingly prevalent in response to multiple factors, including reduced governmental capacity and increased public interest in environmental management. This research aims to explore how CBM has evolved in the Oak Ridges Moraine (ORM), southern Ontario, including an examination of strengths and challenges. Interviews with CBM stakeholders, provincial government staff, and conservation authority staff were combined with document analysis to explore the evolution and outcomes of ORM CBM activities. Results indicate that there is active CBM on the ORM and conservation authorities play a role in the shaping of CBM activities, although significant barriers remain to civil society participation in water governance. The case study results from the ORM were also considered in light of research emerging from the Nova Scotia experience of numerous civil society organisations involved in CBM.

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探索加拿大安大略省南部橡树岭冰碛的水资源治理现状和社区监测结果

摘要 基于社区的监测 (CBM) 活动正变得越来越普遍，以应对多种因素，包括政府能力下降和公众对环境管理的兴趣增加。本研究旨在探索 CBM 如何在安大略省南部橡树岭冰碛 (ORM) 中演化，包括对优势和挑战的检验。对 CBM 利益相关者、省政府工作人员和保护当局工作人员的采访与文件分析相结合，以探索 ORM CBM 活动的演变和结果。结果表明，ORM 中存在活跃的 CBM，保护当局在 CBM 活动的形成中发挥作用，尽管民间社会参与水治理仍然存在重大障碍。