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Monitoring for Conservation Monitoring for Conservation Planning and ManagementPlanning and Management
Elizabeth KennedyElizabeth Kennedy
Conservation InternationalConservation International
5-8 June 2007 Intervention Monitoring Exchange, Wang Lang Nature Reserve, China
Key Types of Decisions Key Types of Decisions
Prioritization (where to allocate Prioritization (where to allocate scarce conservation resources)scarce conservation resources)
Evaluation (which conservation Evaluation (which conservation actions result in conservation actions result in conservation outcomes under what circumstances)outcomes under what circumstances)
Intervention selection (understanding Intervention selection (understanding the dynamics of threats, actions and the dynamics of threats, actions and opportunities)opportunities)
Status
Context Assessment
Effectivness
Scales of monitoring and reporting
Hotspot
Country 1 Country 2 Country 3
KBA 1 KBA 1 KBA 2KBA 2 KBA 1KBA 2
Increase in spatial extent of data/information
Increase in resolution/detail of data/information
Regional trends identify gaps in conservation priorities at finer scales as well informs decision making
Standard & compatible local data required to manage adaptively and facilitate reporting regional and global trends.
Outcomes Monitoring Outcomes Monitoring
Focus is on the STATUS of:Focus is on the STATUS of:• Conservation Targets (species, sites, Conservation Targets (species, sites,
Report at the Hotspot / High Biodiversity Wilderness Area scale
Outcomes MonitoringOutcomes MonitoringAggregate data to report on regional/global trends in Aggregate data to report on regional/global trends in our Outcomes: our Outcomes: • Red List IndexRed List Index• Percent change in habitat extentPercent change in habitat extent• Percentage of KBAs (in region) with protected statusPercentage of KBAs (in region) with protected status• Percentage of protected KBAs with management Percentage of protected KBAs with management
plan, enforcement strategy, capacitated staff, etc. plan, enforcement strategy, capacitated staff, etc. • Percentage of threats identified in action plan that Percentage of threats identified in action plan that
have been mitigatedhave been mitigated• Percentage of hectares in corridor / targetd land use Percentage of hectares in corridor / targetd land use
matrix that are zoned for conservation management matrix that are zoned for conservation management
Key Types of Decisions Key Types of Decisions
Prioritization (where to allocate Prioritization (where to allocate scarce conservation resources)scarce conservation resources)
Evaluation (which conservation Evaluation (which conservation actions result in conservation actions result in conservation outcomes under what circumstances)outcomes under what circumstances)
Intervention selection (understanding Intervention selection (understanding the dynamics of threats, actions and the dynamics of threats, actions and opportunities)opportunities)
Intervention MonitoringIntervention MonitoringFocus is on evaluating EFFECTIVENESS Focus is on evaluating EFFECTIVENESS of a given interventionof a given intervention
• Linked to changes in status of Linked to changes in status of conservation target at scale of conservation target at scale of interventionintervention
• Abatement of threatsAbatement of threats• Degree of implementationDegree of implementation
Report at the intervention scale
Roll up to evaluate intervention type
Adaptive Managment
OM and IMOM and IMOutcomes MonitoringOutcomes Monitoring Intervention MonitoringIntervention Monitoring
Global trendsGlobal trends CI investment successCI investment success
Inform decision making Inform decision making at institutional, at institutional, regional, national and regional, national and portfolio levelsportfolio levels
Inform decision making and Inform decision making and adaptive management for adaptive management for interventionsinterventions
Support multi-lateral Support multi-lateral and global reporting and global reporting effortsefforts
Support intervention Support intervention reporting effortsreporting efforts
Help refine regional Help refine regional conservation strategiesconservation strategies
Help refine intervention Help refine intervention planning strategies and planning strategies and identify appropriate identify appropriate interventionsinterventions
Added Value of IM nested with OMAdded Value of IM nested with OM Linking intervention with changes in Linking intervention with changes in
status of conservation targetsstatus of conservation targets Adaptive management at scale of Adaptive management at scale of
interventionintervention Understand how interventions work Understand how interventions work
(when and where)(when and where) Validate assumptions in conservation Validate assumptions in conservation
actionaction Ability to report success of individual Ability to report success of individual
investmentinvestment
Thank YouThank You
Questions???Questions???
Red List Index: Change in IUCN Red List status of species
RLI : Measure the relative rate at which the number of sp in each IUCN Redlist category change by tracking genuine change in sp extinction risk between Redlist assessment
-B & A: the RLI reveals deterioration in the conservation status over the last two decades
Change in Protection Status of Conservation Priority Areas: Key Biodiversity Areas, including Alliance for Zero Extinction Sites
Time period 1996 – 2006. In Madagascar, 50 of 164 KBAs (30.4%) including 11 of 15 AZE sites (73%), benefit from official safeguard status
AZE sites: highly irreplaceable and highly threatened sites that contain the last remaining population of one or more Critically Endangered or Endangered species.
Change in Habitat Extent in Key Biodiversity Areas, including Alliance for Zero Extinction sites
AZE sites had the highest rate of decline in the proportion of habitat cover during 1975 to 1990. During 1990 to 2000 the rate of decline slowed for all KBAs
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AZE Protected KBAs Unprotected KBAs All KBAs
Change in fragmentation in biodiversity conservation corridors
proportion of habitat not within 1 km from a non-habitat edge