The status of the populations is reported annually by c. 500 persons attached to the project. At present c. 200 species are monitored at all known localities in the country. Species should be able to disperse into new sites within their natural distribution areas in a way that viable populations are maintained. In order to assess if these goals are fulfilled, indicators will be needed. As a preparation the Environmental Protection Agency has started to develop 'environmental quality criteria' which offers norms and baselines from which the present conditions can be evaluated.
Different criteria are valid in different contexts.
Indirekt naturv rdesbed mning p best ndsniv en praktiskt till mpbar metod. Gustafsson, L. 2000. Indicators and assessment of biodiversity from a Swedish forest perspective. Report No 1, 2000.