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
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
PureResearcher
Results Knowledge
PurePractitioner
Adaptive Manager
Adaptive ManagementCombines Action and Research
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
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
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 SizeViability Rank
1North 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
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 conserve
2. Understand current & desired condition
3. 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
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
Scope:White River watershed
Clearing for new home
construction
KEY
Direct 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
Scope:White River watershed
Clearing for new home
construction
KEY
Direct 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
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
We Need Standard Terms to Describe Conservation
• Cows?• Cattle?• Livestock?• Grazing?• Ranching?
DirectThreats
BiodiversityTargets
IndirectThreats
Oppor-tunities
affectdriveaffectProjectTeams
employ Actions
TM
Adaptive Management Softwarefor Conservation Projects
www.Miradi.org or [email protected]
Miradi Software
CMPThe Conservation Measures Partnership
Conservation Coaches Network
Mission - catalyze effective conservation worldwide through action planning, coaching,
knowledge sharing, and innovation
Graduate Courses in Adaptive Management
Building capacity to do good Adaptive Management from the beginning of conservation careers