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	STEP 8 - Contents > Conservation and management plans > What's in a management plan? > Types of studies and reports > Who is responsible for what? > Ensuring monitoring is included   > Have a go -Step 8
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	Factors that can be monitored These could include the condition of a heritage place, and community or stakeholder actions and attitudes. Other examples include: Attitudes to heritage protection as seen by a change in the number of listed places or places under protection plans. This can be a simple and quick check on an annual basis. The condition of a heritage place. For a rare plant, this could be a change in number of plants in an area. It could be a change in erosion rate of a midden or a change in the amount of vandalism of an historic place. Changes in the attitudes and behaviour of stakeholders such as landholders, developers and decision-makers. While changes in behaviour can be measured objectively, changes in attitude are less easily measured. Changes in local resources and knowledge in the area of heritage protection. Look for changes in holdings about heritage in the public library, and interest in heritage in schools and local groups. Changes in community perception and attitudes about heritage. Community perceptions can be monitored by such things as attendance at public meetings, or the number of heritage stories on the local radio. Changes in the state of the environment reporting. This provides a means of monitoring the overall picture of the state of the environment within a locality. If your community is not involved in State of the Environment reporting, you could establish a 'state of our heritage' process, producing an annual heritage report. .....