metrics Archives

Call for a holistic fundable metric for ecosystem restoration

June 17, 2021 by Pieter van der Gaag

A holistic approach to ecosystem restoration requires us to go “beyond the tree”: we are concerned about the full ecosystem, and also about social impacts and livelihood creation inside healthy, functioning ecosystems.

Lies, damn lies and statistics: moderating the tyranny of numbers

April 23, 2021 by Graham Barnes

Metrics are gamed in order to increase (or decrease) a given number so as to support an argument, boost a political view, trigger a linked payout or justify a proposed policy or course of action.