Analysis of the future criticality of stresses, threats and contributing factors

Phase IISystemic risk and vulnerability analysis

Step 12

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© Centre for Econics and Ecosystem Management, 2014The Centre for Econics and Ecosystem Management strongly recommends that this presentation is given by experts familiar with the adaptive management process in general (especially as designed as the Conservation Measures Partnership’s Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation) as well as the MARISCO Method itself.

This material was created under the leadership and responsibility of Prof. Dr. Pierre Ibisch and Dr. Peter Hobson, co-directors of the Centre for Econics and Ecosystem Management, which was jointly established by Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development and Writtle College. Compare: Ibisch, P.L. & P.R. Hobson (eds.) (2014): The MARISCO method: Adaptive MAnagement of vulnerability and RISk at COnservation sites. A guidebook for risk-robust, adaptive, and ecosystem-based conservation of biodiversity. Centre for Econics and Ecosystem Management, Eberswalde (ISBN 978-3-00-043244-6). 195 pp. - The Powerpoint Presentation was conceived by Christina Lehmann and Pierre Ibisch. Authors of graphs and photographs are indicated on the corresponding slides. Supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ).

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Learning objectives

Participants are able to explain the rationale for this step important to assess future criticality of stresses, threats and contributing factors as a basis for the formulation of proactive strategies.

Participants have the skills to guide the project team through the rating process using the relevant rating criteria for future criticality.

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Outline

What does analysing the future criticality of stresses, threats and contributing factors mean?

Why do we analyse the future criticality of stresses, threats and contributing factors?

How do we analyse the future criticality of stresses, threats and contributing factors?

Practical Tips

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What does analysing the future criticality of stresses, threats and contributing factors

mean?

• Attempt to add information to stresses/ threats/ contributing factors in order to recognise most relevant impacting factors to biodiversity object

• Taking possible future developments into account

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Why do we analyse the future criticality of stresses, threats and contributing factors?

• To judge about the future criticality of certain elements in the conceptual model and identify lever elements that may become more important in the future (increasing relevance)

• To be able to focus on certain elements in the strategy development in order to achieve sustainable/ conservational goals

• To increase the awareness towards possible future trends that e.g. need to be kept or improved

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How do we analyse the future criticality of stresses, threats and contributing factors?

• Discussions and consensual decisions about the future criticality of each factor, threat and stress → how “dangerous” will this factor/ threat/ stress possibly be for the biodiversity object and its key ecological attributes?

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• Based on: best-guess approach → no empirically derived out-

comes necessary• Most plausible (current)

future scenarios• The judgement for future criti-

cality does not imply a separate ranking of scope, severity, irreversibility (just as for past criticality), as it is done for current criticality

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How do we analyse the future criticality of stresses, threats and contributing factors?

• Results are recorded in rating matrix of MARISCO cards as well as in an Excel spreadsheet

Rating categories for “Future criticality”:

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Practical Tips

• The participants should rate this aspect according to the current situation → They should imagine the future condition without any

management or intervention from humans→ It is supposed to show how dangerous a continuation of the

present behaviour can be