The Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART) is a new and improved tool for measuring, evaluating and improving the effectiveness of wildlife law enforcement patrols and site-based conservation activities. SMART was started by a diverse group of conservation practitioners who understood the needs of front-line enforcement and who recognized the day-to-day difficulties faced by many conservation managers across the world: operating on thinly stretched resources in the face of escalating threats to biodiversity. SMART recognizes the power of information and importance of accountability in directing resources to where they are most needed. SMART isn't owned by any one individual or organization: its free and available to the whole conservation community. SMART is much more than data collection tool, it is a suite of best practices developed by the people who use them and designed to help protected area and wildlife managers better plan, evaluate and implement their activities and to promote good governance. SMART includes a desktop application, training and implementation manuals, web-based training materials, standardized protocols and an active and growing community of users and conservation practitioners who can share experiences and have a say in improving and sustaining SMART over the long-term.