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Page 1: Delivering Environmental Monitoring Data to Decision Makers CSIN Learning Event #22 Presentation by Carissa Wieler Canadian Sustainability Indicators Network.

Delivering Environmental Delivering Environmental Monitoring Data to Decision Monitoring Data to Decision

Makers Makers

CSIN Learning Event #22CSIN Learning Event #22

Presentation by Carissa WielerPresentation by Carissa WielerCanadian Sustainability Indicators Canadian Sustainability Indicators

Network Network

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IntroductionsIntroductions

Please spend Please spend 1 minute1 minute introducing introducing yourself yourself Your nameYour name Your area of workYour area of work Your interest in this topicYour interest in this topic

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Order of IntroductionsOrder of Introductions Barb Buckland, Environment CanadaBarb Buckland, Environment Canada Bob Cox, BC Ecosystems BranchBob Cox, BC Ecosystems Branch Bill Dalton, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Bill Dalton, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Nancy Doucet, Centre for Sustainable Watersheds Nancy Doucet, Centre for Sustainable Watersheds Marlene Doyle, Ecological Monitoring and Assessment NetworkMarlene Doyle, Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network Israel Dunmade, Mount Royal College, AlbertaIsrael Dunmade, Mount Royal College, Alberta Mattu Gevan, Environment CanadaMattu Gevan, Environment Canada Lynn Husted, BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air ProtectionLynn Husted, BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection Wendy Kalkan, Municipality of Pincher Creek, AlbertaWendy Kalkan, Municipality of Pincher Creek, Alberta Steve Litke, Fraser Basin CouncilSteve Litke, Fraser Basin Council Tadeu Malheiros, University of Sao Paulo, BrazilTadeu Malheiros, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Tom Niemann, BC Ministry of Forests and RangeTom Niemann, BC Ministry of Forests and Range Lionel Normand, Toronto and Region ConservationLionel Normand, Toronto and Region Conservation Carey Oglivie, Environment CanadaCarey Oglivie, Environment Canada Andy Sharpe, Clean Annapolis River ProjectAndy Sharpe, Clean Annapolis River Project Luc Vescovi, OuranosLuc Vescovi, Ouranos

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Premise for ResearchPremise for Research How can monitoring groups be more How can monitoring groups be more

strategic about delivering their strategic about delivering their information to decision-makers? information to decision-makers?

As part of that strategy, how can As part of that strategy, how can monitoring groups convert their data monitoring groups convert their data into information and knowledge in a into information and knowledge in a way that can be used by decision-way that can be used by decision-makers? makers?

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Research GoalsResearch Goals

To identify practices that enable To identify practices that enable community-based monitoring groups community-based monitoring groups to successfully deliver their data to to successfully deliver their data to decision-makers. decision-makers.

To address both the “push” and the To address both the “push” and the “pull” for environmental monitoring “pull” for environmental monitoring data. data.

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Data Data

Decision-Makers and Policy-Makers

Community –Based Monitoring Groups

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Sometimes, it’s hard to coordinate Sometimes, it’s hard to coordinate the push and pull…the push and pull…

…even when there’s a connection

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Research Protocol Research Protocol

Literature reviewLiterature review 15+ semi-structured interviews with 6 15+ semi-structured interviews with 6

community monitoring groups:community monitoring groups: Rocky Mountain Trench National Resources Rocky Mountain Trench National Resources

Society, BCSociety, BC Arctic Borderland Ecological Knowledge Coop, Arctic Borderland Ecological Knowledge Coop,

Northern CanadaNorthern Canada Black River First Nation / Tembec, ManitobaBlack River First Nation / Tembec, Manitoba Monitoring the Moraine, ONMonitoring the Moraine, ON H2O Chelsea, ONH2O Chelsea, ON Atlantic Coastal Action Plan, Cape BretonAtlantic Coastal Action Plan, Cape Breton

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Research Outputs Research Outputs

Training session at the Ecological Training session at the Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN) National Science Meeting(EMAN) National Science Meeting

Paper and worksheets distributed via Paper and worksheets distributed via EMAN and CSIN EMAN and CSIN

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This Learning Event This Learning Event

Opportunities for engagement: Opportunities for engagement:

Ideas and practices for delivering Ideas and practices for delivering data and knowledge to decision-data and knowledge to decision-makersmakers

Feedback on approach and concepts Feedback on approach and concepts

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Who here is familiar with the Who here is familiar with the Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN) and/or the Canadian Network (EMAN) and/or the Canadian Community Monitoring Network Community Monitoring Network (CCMN)? (CCMN)?

Who is planning on attending EMAN’s Who is planning on attending EMAN’s National Science Meeting in Winnipeg? National Science Meeting in Winnipeg?

Quick PollQuick Poll

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What is an impact strategy?What is an impact strategy?

It is proactiveproactive in nature, and adaptiveadaptive in a public policy environment where priorities of governments and citizens can shift and change.

An impact strategy consists of the steps you take to ensure that the work you do will leverage real progressreal progress on key issues or concerns.

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An impact strategy builds on An impact strategy builds on communications activities…communications activities…

Impact StrategyImpact Strategy Traditional Communications Traditional Communications ActivitiesActivities

PurposePurpose Goal is to effect change Goal is to effect change and to identify your and to identify your potential role as a potential role as a change agent.change agent.

Goal is to ensure people Goal is to ensure people understand the findings and understand the findings and recommendations.recommendations.

AudienceAudience Small group of key Small group of key actors and those who actors and those who have access to those have access to those actors.actors.

Broader audiences.Broader audiences.

TimingTiming Developed at the Developed at the beginning of a beginning of a monitoring and monitoring and assessment process, assessment process, monitored and adjusted monitored and adjusted throughout the process.throughout the process.

Part of the impact strategy; Part of the impact strategy; usually implemented towards the usually implemented towards the end of the strategy when findings end of the strategy when findings and recommendations are known.and recommendations are known.

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UNEP’s Impact StrategyUNEP’s Impact Strategy

Adopted by the United Nations Adopted by the United Nations Environmental Protection Agency (UNEP)Environmental Protection Agency (UNEP)

IISD’s Knowledge and Communications IISD’s Knowledge and Communications Team developed this approach internallyTeam developed this approach internally

UNEP subsequently expressed interest in it UNEP subsequently expressed interest in it It is being applied in UNEP’s Global It is being applied in UNEP’s Global

Environmental Outlook (GEO) Resource Environmental Outlook (GEO) Resource Book Book

A capacity building manual for integrated A capacity building manual for integrated environmental assessment (IEA)environmental assessment (IEA)

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Components of an Impact Strategy Components of an Impact Strategy

Creating the change statement.Creating the change statement. What you would like What you would like the impact of your monitoring data to be?the impact of your monitoring data to be?

Relationship managementRelationship management. Identify the key actors and . Identify the key actors and processes that you are seeking to influence, and build processes that you are seeking to influence, and build connections to them.connections to them.

Knowledge management.Knowledge management. Gather and analyze the data. Gather and analyze the data.

Opportunity managementOpportunity management. Move the knowledge into the . Move the knowledge into the hands of those you want to influence.hands of those you want to influence.

Monitoring and improvement.Monitoring and improvement. Determine whether your Determine whether your impact strategy is working, and adjust it as necessary.impact strategy is working, and adjust it as necessary.

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Step 1. What is the change you seek?

Step 2. Who are the people and what are the processes that are positioned to have influence on the change?

Step 3. What knowledge do

they/we need?

Step 4. What are the key

opportunities to communicate?

Step 5. Monitoring and

Evaluation

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Impact Impact StrategyStrategy

Knowledge and Opportunity Management

Relationship Management

Push

Pull

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Step 1Step 1. What is the . What is the change you seek?change you seek?

What would you like to see What would you like to see changed or changed or done differently as a done differently as a result of result of your your monitoring? monitoring?

An impact statement may be An impact statement may be broad, broad, may identify key policy may identify key policy mechanisms, or mechanisms, or may focus on one may focus on one priority area. priority area.

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Examples of Change Examples of Change StatementsStatements

A change statement may be broad, such as getting policy makers A change statement may be broad, such as getting policy makers to use the data. to use the data.

Key departmental decision-makers will use the information gathered during the monitoring to develop policy priorities around integrated watershed management.

(adapted from ACAP CARP)

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The change statement could identify key policy mechanisms.The change statement could identify key policy mechanisms.

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) will declare the yellow lamp mussel a Red Listed Species, as a result of our monitoring work.

(adapted from ACAP Cape Breton)

Examples of Change Examples of Change StatementsStatements

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The change statement could focus on one key The change statement could focus on one key priority you want your findings to address. priority you want your findings to address.

The municipality will use the information gathered from our monitoring to assess the performance of current water quality policies.

(adapted from Monitoring the Moraine)

Examples of Change Examples of Change StatementsStatements

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Step 1. What is the change you seek?

Step 2. Who are the people and what are the processes that are positioned to have influence on the change?

Step 3. What knowledge do

they/we need?

Step 4. What are the key

opportunities to communicate?

Step 5. Monitoring and

Evaluation

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Step 2Step 2. Who are the people and . Who are the people and what are the processes that are what are the processes that are positioned to have an influence positioned to have an influence on the change you seek? on the change you seek? (Relationship Management)(Relationship Management)

What are the perspectives of those you want What are the perspectives of those you want to reach? to reach?

How do these people acquire How do these people acquire information? information?

Who do they trust? Who do they trust?

Who are the people they listen to, Who are the people they listen to, and how can you reach them? and how can you reach them?

The core concept of relationship The core concept of relationship management is maintaining the connections management is maintaining the connections and influence over time.and influence over time.

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Practices Practices

Identify policies and processes Identify policies and processes your monitoring could influenceyour monitoring could influence find out from local planners what find out from local planners what

policies the municipality would like to policies the municipality would like to monitor but haven’t (within the realm of monitor but haven’t (within the realm of your interest area)your interest area) (MTM)(MTM)

find out what processes are currently find out what processes are currently underway, such as the red listing of a underway, such as the red listing of a species species (ACB),(ACB), or long term plans that will or long term plans that will require monitoring require monitoring (MTM)(MTM)

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Practices Practices

Become knowledgeable about who the Become knowledgeable about who the opinion leaders and champions are in the opinion leaders and champions are in the communitycommunity start by talking with representatives from various start by talking with representatives from various

stakeholder groups; find out who is who and what stakeholder groups; find out who is who and what the relationship dynamics are the relationship dynamics are (RMTS)(RMTS)

attend stakeholder meetings and other events attend stakeholder meetings and other events that helps you understand the perspectives of that helps you understand the perspectives of those you want to build relationships with those you want to build relationships with (RMTS)(RMTS)

host a local workshop and invite a broad range of host a local workshop and invite a broad range of people; follow up with those who attend (they will people; follow up with those who attend (they will likely be the champions) likely be the champions) (MTM)(MTM)

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Build relationships with leaders and Build relationships with leaders and championschampions meet with the new mayor and/or councilors, meet with the new mayor and/or councilors,

provide brief materials, a concise overview of provide brief materials, a concise overview of your work and make a small, yet clear request your work and make a small, yet clear request (RMTS)(RMTS)

invite multiple stakeholders to sit on an invite multiple stakeholders to sit on an advisory board for your group – include advisory board for your group – include scientists, planners, industry, NGOs scientists, planners, industry, NGOs (MTM, RMTS, (MTM, RMTS, ABEKC)ABEKC)

overcome us/them barriers by identifying overcome us/them barriers by identifying common goals that work for “all of us” common goals that work for “all of us” (MTM, RMTS)(MTM, RMTS)

Practices Practices

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Your thoughts (10 minutes)Your thoughts (10 minutes)

What has been your experience with What has been your experience with identifying people and processes that identifying people and processes that you would like to influence? you would like to influence?

What have been the “take away” What have been the “take away” messages from your experience? messages from your experience?

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Step 1. What is the change you seek?

Step 2. Who are the people and what are the processes that are positioned to have influence on the change?

Step 3. What knowledge do

they/we need?

Step 4. What are the key

opportunities to communicate?

Step 5. Monitoring and

Evaluation

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Analyze what they need to know, and what Analyze what they need to know, and what you need to know that will help them take or you need to know that will help them take or influence the decision.influence the decision.

Consider how to Consider how to build trustbuild trust in your final in your final product, product, such as using trusted monitoring such as using trusted monitoring protocols.protocols.

Increase the Increase the relevance and saliencerelevance and salience of of your your findings by including decision makers and findings by including decision makers and

stakeholders in the process.stakeholders in the process.

Ensure greater Ensure greater legitimacylegitimacy through through participation of participation of scientists in the knowledge scientists in the knowledge development process.development process.

Step 3Step 3. What knowledge . What knowledge do they need and do we do they need and do we need?need? (knowledge (knowledge management)management)

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Step 3Step 3. What knowledge do . What knowledge do they need and do we need?they need and do we need?

Convert your data into Convert your data into information and knowledge that information and knowledge that can be more directly applied by can be more directly applied by policy makers.policy makers.

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ExamplesExamples The The Arctic Borderlands Ecological Arctic Borderlands Ecological

Knowledge CoopKnowledge Coop provided insight into provided insight into relationships between weather, snow, overflow, relationships between weather, snow, overflow, caribou calving, and local livelihoods. This led caribou calving, and local livelihoods. This led to further research at a University. to further research at a University.

Monitoring the MoraineMonitoring the Moraine partnered ecological partnered ecological monitoring and policy monitoring to better monitoring and policy monitoring to better understand their inter-relationships in the Oak understand their inter-relationships in the Oak Ridges Moraine. Capacity to monitor both Ridges Moraine. Capacity to monitor both science and implementation of policy is science and implementation of policy is increasing in the community. increasing in the community.

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One way moving from data to knowledge

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Your thoughts (10 minutes)Your thoughts (10 minutes)

What has been your experience with What has been your experience with turning data into information and turning data into information and knowledge for delivering to those knowledge for delivering to those you want to influence?you want to influence?

What have been some of the key What have been some of the key lessons learned?lessons learned?

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Step 1. What is the change you seek?

Step 2. Who are the people and what are the processes that are positioned to have influence on the change?

Step 3. What knowledge do

they/we need?

Step 4. What are the key

opportunities to communicate?

Step 5. Monitoring and

Evaluation

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Step 4Step 4. What are key . What are key opportunities to opportunities to communicate? (opportunity communicate? (opportunity management)management)

Move knowledge into the hands of those you Move knowledge into the hands of those you want to influence.want to influence.

Take advantage of key windows to move the Take advantage of key windows to move the monitoring findings into the hands of others, and monitoring findings into the hands of others, and creating opportunity directly.creating opportunity directly.

The development of “key messages” is essential The development of “key messages” is essential in this step.in this step.

Key messages are short, simple, plain language Key messages are short, simple, plain language statements that capture the essence of the work.statements that capture the essence of the work.

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Develop a Develop a communications communications strategy strategy

Include: Include: Communication goalsCommunication goals Target audiencesTarget audiences Objectives for each audienceObjectives for each audience Guidelines Guidelines Strategy TimetableStrategy Timetable Contact databaseContact database

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Practices Practices

Provide annual reports to a target Provide annual reports to a target audience (like city council) audience (like city council) (H20 Chelsea)(H20 Chelsea)

Have your report “translated” by Have your report “translated” by someone working at city hall someone working at city hall (i.e. a sustainability coordinator) (i.e. a sustainability coordinator) to better reach policy makers to better reach policy makers (H2O (H2O Chelsea)Chelsea)

Keep it simple, be relevant, use clear Keep it simple, be relevant, use clear and plain language for all audiences and plain language for all audiences (ABEKC)(ABEKC)

Follow issue cycles in the media and Follow issue cycles in the media and develop “sticky” messages develop “sticky” messages (H2OChelsea, MTM)(H2OChelsea, MTM)

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Step 1. What is the change you seek?

Step 2. Who are the people and what are the processes that are positioned to have influence on the change?

Step 3. What knowledge do

they/we need?

Step 4. What are the key

opportunities to communicate?

Step 5. Monitoring and

Evaluation

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Step 5.Step 5. Monitoring Monitoring and Evaluationand Evaluation

Measure incremental changes in Measure incremental changes in attitudes, actions and behaviours.attitudes, actions and behaviours.

Identify and map incremental Identify and map incremental changes that will lead to decisions or changes that will lead to decisions or changes you are seeking. changes you are seeking.

Track interactions with your contacts Track interactions with your contacts and the media.and the media.

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A Possible Continuum of A Possible Continuum of Behaviour Changes in Target Behaviour Changes in Target ActorsActors

Receiving informationReceiving information• Information sent to target actorsInformation sent to target actors• Meetings are set up with target actors Meetings are set up with target actors

Seeking and processing informationSeeking and processing information• Target actors seek information from others to verify Target actors seek information from others to verify

information from monitoring reportinformation from monitoring report• Media reports messages that are consistent with Media reports messages that are consistent with

monitoring datamonitoring data ActingActing

• Target actors issue new policy briefs, white papers, Target actors issue new policy briefs, white papers, frameworks, regulations, other responses.frameworks, regulations, other responses.

DemandingDemanding• Target actors ask for more work from monitoring group Target actors ask for more work from monitoring group

(e.g., follow-up investigations, additional monitoring (e.g., follow-up investigations, additional monitoring parameters).parameters).

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Examples of Examples of Incremental ChangesIncremental Changes

City Council meets specifically to review City Council meets specifically to review H20 Chelsea’s Annual Report and develop H20 Chelsea’s Annual Report and develop a response strategy.a response strategy.

The Arctic Borderland Ecological The Arctic Borderland Ecological Knowledge Coop was asked to provide Knowledge Coop was asked to provide data for an Environmental Assessment data for an Environmental Assessment process in the McKenzie Delta.process in the McKenzie Delta.

The yellow lamb mussel was declared a The yellow lamb mussel was declared a red listed species based on monitoring red listed species based on monitoring data from ACAP Cape Breton. data from ACAP Cape Breton.

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What are you thoughts about the What are you thoughts about the Impact Strategy approach? Impact Strategy approach?

What are it’s strengths and What are it’s strengths and limitations? limitations?

What parts were more or less clear What parts were more or less clear than other parts? than other parts?

Your thoughts (10 minutes)Your thoughts (10 minutes)