This paper contains a summary of the key considerations required when designing and implementing a monitoring programme for habitat creation schemes. The success of habitat creation projects can be defined as progress towards the achievement of targets or objectives. The objectives for an individual scheme vary; thus every scheme poses specific information needs, and monitoring efforts need to be tailored to provide this information. Most of the habitat creation schemes which have been

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... ed to date have incorporated very different monitoring programmes. To maximize the potential functional gain and understanding of habitat creation schemes a consistent approach is required. Guidance is therefore provided on the selection of appropriate parameters to monitor and the associated monitoring techniques. The results of such monitoring will not only enable the evaluation of current objectives but will inform the design and management of habitat creation schemes in the future.