Elinor
type: Dataset
description: Elinor is a free and open-source monitoring tool that helps users gather, store, share, and use data on environmental governance and management to support more effective area-based conservation.
language: en
date created: 01-09-2025T12:09:10.0
date modified: 17-10-2025T00:10:00.0
publisher: Secreteriat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
subject of: Biodiversity
subject of: Coastal and Marine
subject of: Inland Waters
subject of: Disaster Risk Management
keywords: monitoring
keywords: area-based conservation
keywords: protected areas
keywords: OECM
keywords: governance
license: https://pacific-data.sprep.org/resource/public-data-license-agreement-0
spatial coverage: Pacific Region
accountable person: brad.eichelberger
distribution: Elinor Tool Documentation
  type: DataDownload
  description: Elinor can be applied as either a field-based assessment with a trained facilitator or as a desk-based tool that harnesses local and practitioner knowledge.The questions within Elinor are high-level, covering a broad range of topics and can help stakeholders better understand issues related to the equitable governance and management of areas under protection or management.Elinor has been designed primarily to help track changes over time, thus can be used at any stage in the project cycle to:Indicate the suitability of a site for different types of interventionsHighlight areas that require more focused interventions to enhance implementation efforts.Invite stakeholders to collaboratively reflect on a broad range of issues important for area-based conservation