There is an overall gap of policy evaluation in the Americas, which is more pronounced in Latin America and the Caribbean than it is in North America (6.7.2). Information on policy effectiveness is often derived through case studies and anecdotal accounts. Evaluation could benefit from improved monitoring systems, involving both new technologies and community-based monitoring at local level. It could also benefit from improved analytical tools that integrate biodiversity and ecosystem services variables and human and socioeconomic development variables (6.7.2).