Conservation Coaches Network Workshop Presentation

Conservation Coaches Network Workshop Presentation

The Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation

Planning, Managing, Monitoring, and Learning from Projects (and Programs)

at All Scales

CAP Stories from around the World

Why we like CAPNorthern Kenya Rangelands

Peconic Estuary, New York

Mesoamerican Reef

Whooping Crane Range-wide Conservation Plan

CMP Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation

www.conservationmeasures.org

This Presentation

• What is adaptive management?• Brief summary of the Open Standards for the

Practice of Conservation• Resources available to support implementation

of the Open Standards

Why Do Adaptive Management?

• Are we achieving an impact?

• Are we doing the right things?

• Are we doing them well?

What is Adaptive Management?

The integration of project or program planning, management, and monitoring to provide a framework for:

• Testing assumptions• Learning• Adapting

Results Knowledge

PurePractitioner

Adaptive ManagementCombines Action and Research

PureResearcher

Results Knowledge

PurePractitioner

Adaptive ManagementCombines Action and Research

PureResearcher

Results Knowledge

PurePractitioner

Adaptive Manager

Adaptive ManagementCombines Action and Research

Monitor & Evaluate

DoAdapt

Plan

The Basic Project Management Cycle

Many Versions of Adaptive Management in Practice

Datos recolectados Resultados y supuestos Funciones operativas Planes de trabajo y

presupuestos

4. Analizar/Adaptar

WWFCiclo de Proyectos/

Programas deConservación

Lecciones Productos formales Retroalimentación y

evaluación Cultura de aprendizaje

5. Compartir

Equipo inicial Alcance y visión Objetos de conservación Contexto y actores claves

1. Definir

Plan de acción:objetivos, metas, yactividades

Plan de monitoreo Plan operativo

2. Diseñar

Planes de trabajo ypresupuestos

Recaudación de fondos Capacitación Alianzas

3. Implementar

The Conservation Measures Partnership (CMP)

Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation

• Developed by leading orgs & agencies

• Draws on many fields• Open source &

common language• Used around the world

• State Wildlife Agencies• National Park Systems• Donor Funding Programs• Academic Training

What is Our Approach to Adaptive Management?

www.conservationmeasures.org

This Presentation

• What is adaptive management?• Brief summary of the Conservation Measures

Partnership’s Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation

• Resources available to support implementation of the Open Standards

Brief Summary of the Open Standards

1. Summarize what you want to conserve

2. Understand current & desired condition

3. Identify and rank threats

4. Develop a general model of socioeconomic-ecological system

5. Identify strategies based on the general model

6. Define theories of change to show how strategies will work

7. Implement the strategies, checking as you go

8. Adjust

Brief Summary of the Open Standards

1. Summarize what you want to conserve

1. Summarize what you want to conserve

1. Summarize what you want to conserve

• Kittiwakes• Murres• Cormorants• Northern fur seal• Stellar sea lion• Harbor seal• Pacific salmon• Pollock• Spectacled eider• Walrus• Polar bear• Sea otter• Kelp forests

• Orca• Gray whale• Beluga whale• Rockfish• Crab• Coral & sponge

gardens• Juvenile fish &

shellfish• Herring• Pribilof rock

sandpiper• Pribilof shrew• Pribilof arctic fox• Aleutian whitlow

grass• Black-footed brown

lemming• Passerines

• 1. Seabirds

• 2. Pinnipeds

• 3. Pelagic Fish

• 4. Sea-Ice• Ecosystem

• 5. Sea otter

• 6. Whales

• 7. Bottom Dwelling• Fish & Crabs

• 8. Coastal Lagoons

• 9. Maritime• Island Tundra

Brief Summary of the Open Standards

1. Summarize what you want to conserve

2. Understand current & desired condition

What do you want to conserve? What is your best estimate of how it’s doing?

Viability Summary

East Molokai

Targets Landscape Context Condition Size Viability

Rank

1 North Shore Forests & Cliffs Fair Good Fair Fair

2 Montane Wet Forest Fair Very Good Fair Good

3 South Slope Mesic Forest & Shrubland Poor Good Poor Fair

Overall Biodiversity Health Rank Fair

2. Understand Current & Desired State of What You Want to Conserve

Long-termDesired Status

Current Status

10-yr Interim Objective

5-yr InterimObjective

Historical*Level

POOR FAIR GOOD VERY GOOD

2. Understand Current & Desired State of What You Want to Conserve

Brief Summary of the Open Standards

1. Summarize what you want to conserve2. Understand current & desired condition3. Identify and rank threats

3. Identify and Rank Threats

Photo: Adrian Jones, IAN Image Library

Operation of Dams

Unsustainable harvestUnsustainable Logging

Incompatible Livestock Grazing

Residential Development

Exotic/Invasive Species

3. Identify and Rank Threats

Brief Summary of the Open Standards

1. Summarize what you want to conserve

2. Understand current & desired state of conservation

3. Identify and rank threats

4. Develop a general model of socioeconomic-ecological system

4. General model of socioeconomic-ecological system

4. General model of socioeconomic-ecological system

4. General model of socioeconomic-ecological system

4. General model of socioeconomic-ecological system

4. Develop a General Model of Socioeconomic-Ecological System

Scope:White River watershed

Clearing for new home

construction

KEYDirect Threat

Indirect Threat or

Opportunity

Dams

Harvesting for caviar

Pollution from domestic sewage

Demand for caviar

High price for caviar

Rapid urbanization

Need for electricity

Global warming

Traditions & consumer

preferences

Need to generate income

Inadequate zoning

regulations

Limited gov’t capacity for land

use planning

Population growth

Demand for second homes

Failure of rural economy Cheap land

Gov’t policies favorable to urban dev.

Sturgeon

White River & tributaries

Riparian forest

Forest corridors

TargetStress

Flooding

Vision

4. Develop a General Model of Socioeconomic-Ecological System

Brief Summary of the Open Standards

1. Summarize what you want to conserve

2. Understand current & desired condition

3. Identify and rank threats

4. Develop a general model of socioeconomic-ecological system

5. Identify strategies based on the general model

5. Identify Strategies Based on the General Model

5. Identify Strategies Based on the General Model

Scope:White River watershed

Clearing for new home

construction

KEYDirect Threat

Indirect Threat or

Opportunity

Dams

Harvesting for caviar

Pollution from domestic sewage

Demand for caviar

High price for caviar

Rapid urbanization

Need for electricity

Global warming

Traditions & consumer

preferences

Need to generate income

Inadequate zoning

regulations

Limited gov’t capacity for land

use planning

Population growth

Demand for second homes

Failure of rural economy Cheap land

Gov’t policies favorable to urban dev.

Sturgeon

White River & tributaries

Riparian forest

Forest corridors

TargetStress

Flooding

Vision

Create market incentives for best practices

Brief Summary of the Open Standards

1. Summarize what you want to conserve

2. Understand current & desired condition

3. Identify and rank threats

4. Develop a general model of socioeconomic-ecological system

5. Identify strategies based on the general model

6. Define theories of change to show how strategies will work

StrategyVision:

Conservation of Biodiversity

in Site X?

Human WellbeingNecessary Material

Good Social Relations

Security

Freedom & Choice

Health

6. Theories of Change to Show How Strategies Will Work

6. Theories of Change to Show How Strategies Will Work

6. Theories of Change to Show How Strategies Will Work

6. Theories of Change to Show How Strategies Will Work

Example of a Real Theory of Change

Example of a Real Theory of Change

Example of a Real Theory of Change

Measurable Goal: By 2025, there will be a 10% increase in the survival of leatherback and green turtles into the GoC compared to 2005 levels.

Indicator: Abundance IndexMethod: Counting of nesting turtlesDate: Every three years, starting in 2007Responsible Entity: Turtle camps personnelPlace: Baja California Sur and Michoacán turtle camps

Example of a Real Theory of Change

Example of a Real Theory of Change

Measurable Objective: By 2012, 90% of the Gulf’s artisanal longliner fleet will operate with circle hooks.

Indicator: Percentage of boats using circle hooks

Measurable Objective: By 2009, we will have a proven method (circular hooks) to significantly reduce marine turtle bycatch from the artisanal longline fleets from 12 locations on the Mexican Pacific.

Indicator: Circular hooks bycatch rate for marine turtle

Measurable Objective: By 2010, at least 220,000 circular hooks will have been exchanged for the same number of type “J” hooks in the artisanal longliner fleet in the GoC.

Indicator: Number of “J” hooks exchanged for circular hooks

Example of a Real Theory of Change

Activity Planning:By July 2008, carry out 10 three-day fishing trials in three different locations using circular hooks. Publish full report by November 2008.

Activity Planning:By January 2009, develop, staff, publicize and initiate major hooks exchange campaign initiative in three regions.

Brief Summary of the Open Standards

1. Summarize what you want to conserve

2. Understand current & desired condition

3. Identify and rank threats

4. Develop a general model of socioeconomic-ecological system

5. Identify strategies based on the general model

6. Define theories of change to show how strategies will work

7. Implement the strategies, checking as you go

8. Adjust

Brief Summary of the Open Standards

1. Summarize what you want to conserve

2. Understand current & desired condition

3. Identify and rank threats

4. Develop a general model of socioeconomic-ecological system

5. Identify strategies based on the general model

6. Define theories of change to show how strategies will work

7. Implement the strategies, checking as you go

8. Adjust

This Presentation

• What is adaptive management?• Brief summary of the Conservation Measures

Partnership’s Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation

• Resources available to support implementation of the Open Standards

Resources Available to Support Implementation of Open Standards

• Guidance and training materials• CMP-IUCN Standard Classifications• Miradi software• Conservation Coaches Network• Teaching Adaptive Management Network

Examples of Guidance & Training Materials

We Need Standard Terms to Describe Conservation

• Cows?• Cattle?• Livestock?• Grazing?• Ranching?

DirectThreats

BiodiversityTargets

IndirectThreats

Oppor-tunities

affectdriveaffectProjectTeams employ Actions

CMP-IUCN Standard Classifications

CMP-IUCN Taxonomy of Conservation Actions

TM

Adaptive Management Softwarefor Conservation Projects

www.Miradi.org or [email protected]

Miradi Software

CMPThe Conservation Measures Partnership

Conservation Coaches Network

Conservation Coaches Network

Mission - catalyze effective conservation worldwide through action planning, coaching,

knowledge sharing, and innovation

Coaches Around the World

290 Coaches 82 Organizations

57 Countries

(As of May 2013)

Graduate Courses in Adaptive Management

Building capacity to do good Adaptive Management from the beginning of conservation careers

Teaching Adaptive Management Learning Network http://teachadaptivemanagement.pbworks.com

All aiming for one thing…Great conservation of Great Places!