Overview Cap Coaches Network March 2009

Conservation Action Planning

“Thinking like a conservationist”

Conservation by Design ProcessConservation by Design Process

• Major Habitat Assessment

• Ecoregional Assessment

• Conservation Action Planning

Key ComponentsScience-Based Approach

Conservation

Action

Planning

Developing Strategies & Measures

Defining Your Project

ImplementingStrategies & Measures

Using Results toAdapt & Improve

1. Project people2. Project scope &

focal targets

3. Target viability4. Critical threats5. Situation analysis6. Objectives & actions7. Measures

8. Develop workplans9. Implement actions

& measures

10. Analyze actions & data, learn from results, adapt project, & share findings

Answers the “WHAT are we going to DO Question!”

CAP Stories from around the World – Why we like CAP!

Condor Biosphere Reserve, Peru

Kauai, Hawaii

Gondwana Link, Australia

What is the biodiversity we care about and what is our best estimate of how it’s doing?

CAP answers common key questions

Overall Viability Summary

East Molokai

Conservation Targets

Landscape Context

Condition SizeViability Rank

1North Shore Forests & Cliffs Fair Good Fair Fair

2Montane Wet Forest Fair

Very Good

Fair Good

3South Slope Mesic Forest & Shrubland Poor Good Poor Fair

Overall Biodiversity Health Rank Fair

What threats are creating problems for the biodiversity we care about and what is the estimated seriousness of these threats?

North Shore Forests &

Cliffs

Montane Wet Forest

South Slope Mesic

Forest & Shrubland

North Shore Perennial Streams

North Shore Coastal Strand

North Near Shore Marine

Systems

South Shore Fringing

Reef

1 High High High Low Medium Low High

2 High High High Medium Medium - -

3 High High High - Medium - -

4 - Medium High - - - High

5 - - - Low - Low High

6 - - - - - Low High

7 - - - - - - High

8 - - - - Medium - -

9 - - - Medium - - -

10 - - Low - - - -

11 - - - Low - - -

12 - - - - - - -

13 - - - - - - -

14 - - - - - - -

15 - - - - - - -

16 - - - - - - -

High High High Medium Medium Low HighThreat Status for Targets and Site

Invasive Alien Invertebrates (Tahitian Prawn)

Invasive Alien Algae

Incompatible Motorized Access

Incompatible Diversion Systems

Incompatible Recreational Use

Threats Across Systems

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

Over Harvesting

Invasive Alien Marine Species

New Invasive Plant and Animal Species

Established Habitat-Modifying Weeds

Wildfires

Overall Threat Rank

High

High

High

High

Medium

Medium

Medium

Low

Low

Low

Low

-

-

-

-

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Very High


What specific outcomes are we trying to achieve?

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

Instead of “reduce

invasive species”

By 2010, maintain cattle-free conditions within 100 ft of 75 miles of Willow River.

Instead of “reduce impacts from cattle grazing”


Who are the key stakeholders with vested interest in these targets, threats, objectives? What factors are driving threats? What opportunities should be pursued?

Montane Wet

Forest

N. Shore Forest &

Cliffs

S. Slope Mesic Forest

Wildfires

Altered Vegetation Condition

Established Non-Native Ungulates

Ecosystem Fragmentation

Increased Fuel Load

Lack of Fire Management

& Suppression


What actions are needed to achieve the desired 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.


Benefits– Sufficiency towards achieving the desired outcome– Duration of outcome– Leverage towards achieving another important outcome

Feasibility– Is there someone to implement the proposed action?– Ability to motivate key constituencies– Degree of complexity/difficulty

Cost– Staffing & direct costs (in discretionary dollars)

Which strategic actions are most promising?

Do we have what we need to get the whole job done?

How do we know if our actions are working?

CAP answers common key questions……..

# Objectives and Indicators

Objective By 2012 area under native vegetation increased by 15,000ha (based on 33% total area as minimum)

Indicator % of pre-European extent

Indicator percentage of catchment with perennial vegetation cover

Indicator Representative native species present

How can we adapt and learn and share results to achieve impact at broader scales?

Efroymson Coaches Network


www.conservationmeasures.org

CMP Open

Standardsv 2.0

Open Standards for Conservation Project Management

What do we like about CAP?

• SIMPLE

• FLEXIBLE

• Developed for CONSERVATION PROJECTS

• Promotes FOCUS

• Helps us prioritize ACTIONS

• Promotes ACCOUNTABILITY

• Can COMMUNICATE AND COMPARE

• USEFUL SOFTWARE

At least 20 years in the making!

From humble beginnings…………

Efroymson Fellowship Program

A gift from the Efroymson family

Created a laboratory for the method

Efroymson Fellowship Workshops

What is this? Multiple teams working on their CAP side-by-side and providing each other peer review and input

Serendipity of Efroymson Workshops

Great way to really learn the basic practice of CAP

“This workshop has helped me to think like a conservationist.”

Serendipity of Efroymson Fellowship workshops

Fosters:• Intergenerational learning• Learning across diverse partners• Learning across different disciplines• Learning across cultures

Provides an “architecture for participation”

Excel Tool

CAP Around the World

CAP Coach training Madagascar National Parks staff

• Bolivia Government

• Greening Australia

• Thailand – Western Forest Complex

• Pronatura – Mexico

• Jane Goodall Institute

• Guatemala – Tikal, Atitlan National Parks

• Serengeti National Park

• Peru - Machu Piccu

• Kamchatka – Kol River salmon

• BLM – western US, NOAA Salmon Recovery Planning

• And more………

Some interesting adaptations!• US State Wildlife Conservation Plans

• Endangered Species Recovery Plans

• Archeological and cultural target conservation planning in Central and South America

• South America Strategic Plan for The Nature Conservancy

• Participatory conservation planning with indigenous and local community people – Indonesia, Amazon, Texas

Variations on a Theme

Supporting focused conservation practice today and building capacity for the Future

The Efroymson Coaches Network for Conservation Action Planning

Core Purpose of Coaches Network

Priority projects have effective action plans producing results at real places.

Efroymson Coaches Network Goals

1. CAP Support for priority projects

2. Share Best Practices and Lessons Learned

3. Continuous Innovation by real users

4. Common Language and Approach for conservation decision making

Efroymson Network Design

1. Federation of geographically defined units - “Franchises”

2. Franchise team leader and at least four other trained CAP coaches in each unit

3. Franchise leaders and Network Coordinator set direction for network as a whole.

4. Network served by TNC Global Conservation Approach Team

Efroymson Network to date

Geographic extent of “Franchise Units”

12 geographically defined “Franchise” units

Efroymson Network – 2009

191 Coaches in 29 countries 14 organizations

Web workspace

Support materials available in English

Some materials available in Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin and Russian

Over 200 coach-supported CAPs

Efroymson Network Accomplishments

2008

• Searchable web database of over 950 Conservation Projects using “CAP” language

• Built entirely with Open Source code – share-able & adaptable by design

• Spatial functionality

• Compatible with CAP Excel spreadsheet and Miradi software.

TNC’s Conservation Project (ConPro) database

Powerful search capabilities

950+ conservation projects with over:• 3,000 named conservation targets• 10,500 identified threats to targets • 2,000 objectives• 7,500 strategic actions• 8,000 monitoring indicators

ConPro Contents

When would you use it?

• Find people working on similar projects

• Find information species and systems that are the focus of conservation work

• Contribute your project information and lessons learned to the global community

• View boundaries of conservation projects and protected areas.

• Systems to capture project info

Successful cross-project learning & accountability requires…

• Systems to share project info

Facilitated Networks

CAP Workbook

Conservation Action

Planning

Defining Your Project

Developing Strategies &

Measures

Implementing Strategies &

Measures

Using Results to Adapt & Improve

• Common conservation approach

Great conservation at Great Places!

Documents

Overview Cap Coaches Network March 2009