Table 3. Scales and dimensions of local empowerment promoted through the use of monitoring systems in Brazilian Amazonia and Namibia. Numbers represent the authors’ evaluation of local empowerment using a four-point scale, with 3 the highest and 0 the lowest degree of importance.



	Scale of empowerment		Dimension of empowerment

Monitoring system	Individual	Community	Psychological	Social	Political	Economic

Hunting in Indigenous Lands (HIL)	3	2	3	1	2	1
Biodiversity and Natural Resources Monitoring Use Program of Amazonas Protected Areas (ProBUC)	3	2	3	2	1	1
Fauna Monitoring System of Mamirauá Institute (SMUF)	2	1	2	1	1	2
Event Book System (EBS)	3	2	3	1	2	3
Overall score (out of 12)	11	7	11	5	6	7