At present, these sorts of target graphs are absent from environmental action plans and country development schemes. Simple targets can provide complex interactive information about people's behavior. A community giant clam sanctuary in the Kingdom of Tonga set a specific goal for the community. Nobody should take the giant clams from the sanctuary. It was an easily measured goal as a person from the village could simply count the giant clams periodically to see if they all remained.
Targets are worthless without monitoring.
Because of the expense of monitoring, the best targets are ones the people who are involved can measure themselves. A youth program, for example, should set targets based on what the youth want to see happen in their future and rely on a system of reportage from the youth to determine if the targets are being reached or not. This makes the process of monitoring much less expensive and much more meaningful. Tellus Consultants .