8 September 2016 Pétrin Visitors Centre Black River Gorges National Park A UNDP/GEF PAN Project 2 ND CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP TO OBTAIN PRACTITIONER INPUT INTO A GOOD PRACTICE GUIDE TO NATIVE FOREST RESTORATION IN MAURITIUS
Apr 14, 2017
8 September 2016Pétrin Visitors Centre
Black River Gorges National Park
A UNDP/GEF PAN Project Activity
2ND CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP TO OBTAIN PRACTITIONER INPUT INTO A GOOD PRACTICE
GUIDE TO NATIVE FOREST RESTORATION IN MAURITIUS
Workshop Objective
To consolidate the Good Practice Guide through stakeholder feedback on the structure of the guide and the information used, building upon the results of the stakeholder workshop held in September 2015
Ground Rules• Everybody’s input is equally valued• Respectfully listen & be patient – things may feel slow for
some but challenging for others • Participate but don’t dominate • Talk one at a time in plenary• Avoid side-conversations• Mobile phones on silent• Feel free to ask questions during plenary but be aware of
time constraints• The workshop is an information gathering exercise and not a
decision-making forum.
Four quadrants of knowledge management
Connect
Collect
PushPull
Asking Telling
Searching Publishing
Context: A long history of restoration
To expand and ensure effective management of the Mauritian protected area network to safeguard threatened biodiversity
Context: PAN Project Objective
Context: PAN Project Objective.
The Good Practice Guidecan contribute to the PAN Project objective
Principal Users & Uses
Users
Established PractitionersIn Mauritius
New PractitionersIn Mauritius
Users
The academic community
Users
The International Community
NASA Blue M
arble / NASA Goddard Photo and Video
Users
Uses
Planning
Uses
A stimulus to further improvement
The ActionLearning Cycle
Uses
Boundaries: i.e. What won’t be addressed
Noir at the Germ
an language Wikipedia
Plant Propagation
Species Recovery
Crinum mauritianum Carissa xylopicron Gaertnera psychotrioides
Kestrel photo ©Lance Woolaver, Plant photos ©Thomas Brendler
Institutional Frameworks
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Finance and related issues
Rs
$$€
PR & Awareness
Good Practice Guide Timeline
October 2016 – April 2017 Further consultation, writing and editing
September 2016 Follow up discussions on the GPG
April 2016 Production of guide (Version 01)
September 2015 Stakeholder workshop to collect and
consolidate information.
June 2015 Stakeholder brainstorm to discuss topics for
the good practice guide
Best Practice?
Why Not
Complexity
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OVERCONFIDENCEComplexity & the relationship between
uncertainty and disagreement
Adapted from Brenda Zimmermann
Uncertainty
Disa
gree
men
tForest restoration has simple, complicated and complex aspects.
WHAT CANWE DO?
TIME
Planning
Monitoring
Evaluation
COMPLEXIMETER
Emphasise planning for the simple aspects of a project
Adapted from Ricardo Wilson-Grau
Planning and project efficiency• Gantt charts with clear timelines, roles & responsibilities• Checklists• Standard Operating Procedures• Templates• i.e. USE RECIPES
Emphasise planning for the simple aspects of a project
Emphasise planning for the simple aspects of a project
TIME
COMPLEXIMETER
MonitoringEvaluation
Planning
Adapted from Ricardo Wilson-Grau
Emphasise monitoring and evaluation for the complex aspects of a project
The ActionLearning Cycle
Manage adaptively using a systematic framework
Image from Nadya Zhexembayeva via LinkedIn
Complexity and the importance of monitoringMonitoring should cover all species concerned (flora and fauna)[We] should be well aware of the interactions between all the animals involved before undertaking weeding[There should be] constant on site visit and monitoring
Be careful what you wish for
Thanks to Michael Quinn Patton
Lewis Carroll on Monitoring
The Map is not the Territory
The Map is not the Territory
What a useful thing a pocket-map is!
Bruno
Mein Herr
That's another thing we've learned from your Nation, map-making. But we've carried it much further than you. What do you consider the largest map that would be really useful?
The Map is not the Territory
About six inches to the mile
Bruno
The Map is not the Territory
Mein Herr
Only six inches! We very soon got to six yards to the mile. Then we tried a hundred yards to the mile. And then came the grandest idea of all! We actually made a map of the country, on the scale of a mile to the mile!
The Map is not the Territory
Have you used it very much?
Bruno
The Map is not the Territory
Mein Herr
It has never been spread out, yet. The farmers objected: they said it would cover the whole country, and shut out the sunlight! So we now use the country itself, as its own map, and I assure you it does nearly as well
The Map is not the Territory
Less can be MORE
Our task today is to examine…
The ShittyFirst Draft
Good Practice Guide: Main Topics
Maintenance weedingOther possible ecosystem manipulationsCost of restorationMonitoring and evaluation.
Choice of restoration siteTechniques used for initial and maintenance weedingThe process of initial weedingTo plant or not to plant?
Review the text
Add examples and other supporting informationAdd specific sources of information (in addition to the references listed) Critique the information providedRespond to specific queries.
Edit the textSpellcheckFocus on grammar, punctuation, etc.
Facilitation Approach: World Café
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Topic 1 Topic 2
Topic 4 Topic 3
Session 1
Topic 1 Topic 2
Topic 4 Topic 3
Session 2
Topic 1 Topic 2
Topic 4 Topic 3
Session 3
Topic 1 Topic 2
Topic 4 Topic 3
Session 4
World Café Groups
• Techniques used for initial and maintenance weeding• The process of initial weeding 1
• To plant or not to plant?• Maintenance weeding 2
• Choice of restoration site• Other possible ecosystem manipulations 3
• Cost of restoration• Monitoring and evaluation 4
Next Step: Incorporate World Café results into the next draft Good Practice Guide