LEADERSHIP FOR RESULTS IN CONSERVATION

GLOBAL SNOW LEOPARD CONSERVATION FORUMBishkek, Kyrgyz Republic – October 22‐23, 2013

Bruno LaporteLeadership, Knowledge, Learning LLC

Inspiration from the Front Lines Inspiration from a Global Movement The need for Collective Leadership  Key challenges in GSLEP Key capacity gaps in GSLEP Leadership for Results in Conservation Program Learning from Pilot programs Impact on the Front Lines

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Outline of Presentation

Inspiration from the Front Lines

Rupak MaharjanWildlife Ranger“We know that it is possible to curb poaching by working with local stakeholders and organizations”

What is needed∙  stronger ranger commitments to stop wildlife crime∙  more community based programs to elevate awareness∙  heightened coordinated effortsbetween enforcement agencies.

GTI – Global Alliance and New Model for Biodiversity Conservation

13 Tiger Range Countries + International Partners

Working together for a common agenda, and a shared goal.

Inspiration from a Global Movement

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LEADERSHIP

Better state

Status quo

The Need for Collective Leadership

COALITION BUILDING

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Status Quo

HOW?

Engaging local communities and addressing human‐wildlife conflict

Combating poaching and illegal trade Managing habitat and prey  Engaging Business and Industry Enhancing trans‐boundary management and enforcement‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Enhancing Conservation policies & institutions  Improving research and monitoring Raising awareness  Enhancing capacity building for conservation 

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Key Challenges outlined in the GSLEP

Legislation need to be enacted and enforced.  

Institutions need to be created or strengthened

Front line staff need to be trained, equipped, and  deployed

New stakeholders need to be brought into conservation

Policy makers need to incorporate the economic and ecological value of wild life and their natural habitats, in national planning and policies 

Conservation organizations need to engage collectively and not in isolation.

Key Capacity Gaps identified in the GSLEP

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This is not business as usual: there is a need to confront difficult problems that require the clarification of values and change in behavior and attitudes.

This is not the business of the conservation community only:  solving these difficult problems require the involvement of all stakeholders across government, private sector and civil society

Leadership is a process of mobilizing people, ideas and resources to achieve a shared purpose.

Leadership is at the core of the Challenges faced by SL Range Countries

Coalitions for Change in Support GSLEP

National Coalitions  within each of the range countries to to create enabling conditions for effective implementation and ultimately results on the ground

Global Coalition12 Range Countries+ InternationalPartners

GSLEP

Law Enforcement 

System

Scientific Community

International Donor System

Civil Society System

Governmental System

Justice System

Business Sector Common Agenda

Shared Measurement

Mutually Reinforcing Activities

Continuous Communications

Backbone Secretariat

Capacity Development: Entry Points

LEARNING

AcademicContinuousExperimental

LEADERSHIP

CollectiveAdaptive

Inspirational

KNOWLEDGE

Global KnowledgeLocal Innovation

Networks

Capacity For 

Reforms

Adaptive Problems

No adequate response has been developed. 

Need to overcome the conflicts in values

Require changes in values, attitudes or habits of behavior

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Technical Leadership vs. Adaptive Leadership

Technical Problems

A body  of knowledge exists

Organizational procedures in place

Role of hierarchy is clear

People can be trained to respond

Parks as Economic Generators

Technical Challenges

Change the mind sets of national park managers and staff, from looking inward (planning & protecting) to looking outside, to conservation landscapes, to accept that those who live at the fringes of protected areas can become stewards of conservation

Adaptive Challenges

Quantifying benefits (employment generation, financial revenues)

Implementing poverty alleviation strategies:  PES, livelihoods

Planning heritage and nature‐based tourism  

Investing in smart green infrastructure

Innovative financing12

Brings transformative solutions to complex conservation problems

Integrates intensive leadership development skills training with technical thematic content on frontier themes

Focuses on functional teams (not individuals), across sectors and levels

Combines executive leadership development seminars, with problem identification ex‐ante, and follow up and support to implementation ex‐post

Brings relevant experts with state of the art knowledge on the science of biodiversity and the science of implementation

Leadership for Results in Conservation (L4RC)

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Design principles

Leadership for Results in Conservation (L4RC)Program Structure

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Phase One :   Problem Identification 

Participant teams are expected to bring to the program a preliminary project proposal, with a clearly defined problem statement. 

Phase Two: Leadership Development Seminar

A 10 day intensive face‐to‐face seminar weaves 6 leadership development modules deeply into the thematic content presented in clusters of frontier themes.

Phase Three: Follow up

A year‐long follow‐up phase for teams to apply their new skills through a process of learning‐by‐doing. 

ParksAs EconomicGenerators

Private SectorSolutions

Innovation in Science, 

technology

L4RC – Phase I – Identification

• National Level• Enabling Environment• Policies and Institutions

GovernmentParliamentJudiciaryPress

• Regional Level• Influencing Policies and Institutions• Managing Organizations

Regional AuthoritiesCorporations

NGOs

• Local Level• Managing Parks and Protected AreasParks

Civil SocietyCommunities

RESULTS

RESULTS

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Adaptive Leadership•Adaptive challenge• Stakeholders•Mobilization

Coalition Building Diagnostics• Stakeholder analysis•NetMap

Strategic Communication•Change behavior•What’s in it for me (WIIFM)

Rapid Results Approach

• Discovering what works

• Problem‐solving process to engage stakeholders

• Building foundation for greater impact

• Boost performance

Implementation

Learning andReflection

L4RC ‐ Phase II:  Leadership Seminar 

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Leadershipteams

Innovation

Continuouslearning

Technicalassistance

Leadershipseminars

L4RC ‐ Phase III: Follow up Support

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Leadership ProgramBhutan 2013

Leadership ProgramNepal 2012

Leadership ProgramKyrgyzstan 2014

Partner programs

eInstitute

Open Park NetworkClemson University

Knowledge data bases

Access to finance

Study visitsTwinning arrangements

Business model development

Best practices

Grand challenge

Innovation scanning

Competitions

Rapid results Implementation

Leadership for Results in Conservation (L4RC)A Consortium of Partners

GSLEP TEAMSGSLEP TEAMS

Centers of ExcellenceCenters of Excellence

International Delivery PartnersInternational Delivery Partners

Centers of ExcellenceCenters of Excellence

Bangladesh: Sundarban WLS

Bhutan: Thrumshingla NP

China: Hunchun NR

India: Dudhwa TR, Manas TR

Nepal: Chitwan, Bardia, Suklaphanta, Parsa, Banke NP

Russia: Sikhote Alin Biosphere Zapovednik

Learning from Pilot Programs: Nepal

19WORLD BANK INSTITUTEPromoting knowledge and learning for a better world

THE REGIONAL SMART PATROL TRAININGFOR TIGER CONSERVATION

Participants Take Away: “Able to recognizeadaptive versus technical challenges”

20WORLD BANK INSTITUTEPromoting knowledge and learning for a better world

Participants Take Away: “Able to engagein collective problem solving”

21WORLD BANK INSTITUTEPromoting knowledge and learning for a better world

Participants Take Away:“Able to accelerate implementation”

22WORLD BANK INSTITUTEPromoting knowledge and learning for a better world

Madhu ChetriRanger Manaslu Conservation AreaNepal

“After the training, my team has become very smart, and our anti‐poaching units are very active”

“We were able to develop some sources of intelligence to curb illegal wildlife trade.  These things became only possible with the training I got.”

L4RC Impact on the Front Lines

Thank you

Bruno LaporteLeadership, Knowledge, Learning LLC