Conservation Action Planning (CAP) Process Quick Tour Project-level planning & measures within The Nature Conservancy

Conservation Action Planning (CAP) Process

Quick TourProject-level planning &

measures within The Nature Conservancy

Conservation Action

Planning

Defining Your Project

Developing Strategies &

Measures

Implementing Strategies &

Measures

Using Results to Adapt & Improve

29 June 2004

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Measures


Measures




· Project people· Project scope & focal

targets



targetsWho will design and implement the project?

Laojunshan Project –

Yunnan

Condor Bioreserve, Ecuador


· Project people· Project scope & focal targetsWhat is the

overall vision and scale of the project?


· Project people· Project scope &

focal targets

What biodiversity are we trying to conserve or restore?



Measures


Measures


Developing Strategies & Measures

· Target viability· Critical threats· Situation analysis· Objectives & actions· Measures



Overall Viability Summary

Conservation TargetsLandscape

ContextCondition Size

Viability Rank

1 North Shore Forests & Cliffs Fair Good Fair Fair

2 Montane Wet Forest FairVery Good

Fair Good

3South Slope Mesic Forest & Shrubland Poor Good Poor Fair

Overall Biodiversity Health Rank Fair

What is our best estimate of how the biodiversity we care about is doing?



What threats are creating problems and what is the estimated seriousness of these threats?

Threats Across SystemsNorth Shore

Forests & Cliffs

Montane Wet Forest

South Slope Mesic Forest &

Shrubland

North Shore Perennial Streams

South Shore Fringing Reef

Overall Threat RankProject-specific threats

1Established Non-Native Ungulates (Pigs, Goats, Axis Deer)

High High High Low High High

2New Invasive Plant and Animal Species

High High High Medium - High

3Established Habitat-Modifying Weeds

High High High - - High

4 Wildfires - Medium High - High High

5 Over Harvesting - - - Low High Medium

6Invasive Alien Marine Species

- - - - High Medium

7 Invasive Alien Algae - - - - High Medium

Threat Status for Targets and Project

High High High Medium High Very High

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Development of Roads& Utilities

Primary Home Development

Woodland & Shrub Systems

Sage Brush Shrb

Desert Shrub

PJ Woodland

Fire RegimeFire

SuppressionAgency Policies

Public Attitudes

Oil & Gas Drilling

Montane Shrub

Historic Grazing

Invasive Plants- cheatgrass- knapweed

Lack of Surface Fires

O7

O7

O7

O8

Gunnison Prairie DogPlague

Shooting & Poisoning

Attitudes Toward

Prairie Dogs O9

Situation Analysis for San Miguel Terrestrial Targets

O3



Who are the key stakeholders with vested interest in the project, what factors are driving critical threats, and what opportunities exist?



What specific outcomes are we trying to achieve?

• By 2008, reduce the mean percent cover of invasive species to less than 5% across over at least 9,000 acres of invaded forest.



What actions are needed to achieve the outcomes?Objective Ungulates: By 2014, reduce the

frequency of ungulate activity to less than 10% in areas with active ungulate control programs.

Strategic action

Continue to develop and implement a comprehensive ungulate control program through the East Molokai Watershed Partnership.

Objective Wildfires: By 2009, reduce the amount of burned native ecological systems to zero.

Strategic action

Work with key fire management partners to develop and implement a landscape fire management strategy and action plan.


Measures



Percentage of native canopy coverIndicator:

Acres and density of specific weedsIndicator:

Weeds: By 2014, reduce or contain (as appropriate to specific species) the range and/or density of habitat-modifying weeds within selected management units.

Objective:

Frequency of ungulate signIndicator:

Ungulates: By 2014, reduce the frequency of ungulate activity to less than 10% in areas with active ungulate control programs.

Objective:

Number of discovered or reported incipient invasive species eradicatedIndicator:

Number of priority incipient invasive species kept off the islandIndicator:

New invasives: Prevent the establishment of new invasive plant or animal species on the island.

Objective:

Objectives and Indicators#

East Molokai

Strategies

Strategy effectiveness measures

Are our actions achieving the desired outcomes?



Measures


Measures


ImplementingStrategies & Measures

· Develop workplans· Implement actions· Implement measures



What do we specifically need to do, and who will do it?



Measures


Measures


Using Results toAdapt & Improve

· Analyze actions & data· Learn from results· Adapt project· Share findings




How should we adapt our actions and share results to achieve impact at broader scales?

Conservation Action

Planning



targets







FY05 CAP Working Group• Jeff Baumgartner, Global

Conservation Approach Team • Silvia Benitez, Ecuador Program • Lacey Halstead, Texas Program • Cristina Lasch, Mexico Program • Genevieve Pence, Florida

Program • Nick Salafsky, Foundations of

Success • Dan Salzer, Global

Conservation Approach Team • Rob Sutter, Southern U.S.

Region • Jora Young, Global

Conservation Approach Team

CAP Basic Practices

http://conserveonline.org/workspaces/cap

LOCAL BENEFITS • Strategic thinking and

analysis process – aimed at selecting high impact conservation strategies

• Enables adaptive management at a local scale

BENEFITS AT SCALE • Facilitates cross-project

learning • Captures the essential

ingredients common to successful conservation projects

• Enables the sharing of project-level work

2 Faces of CAP

• What is the biodiversity of interest and its status?• What threats exist and what’s their importance?• Which stakeholders should be engaged, what underlying

causes and opportunities warrant attention?• What specific outcomes are we trying to achieve?• What actions are we taking to achieve the desired

outcomes?• How do we know if our actions are working?• How can we adapt and learn and share results to achieve

impact at broader scales?

CAP addresses these key questions…

Documents

Conservation Action Planning (CAP) Process Quick Tour Project-level planning & measures within The Nature Conservancy