Web-Enabling State Wildlife Action Plans Business Processes and
Technical Tools TM
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Overview of this Presentation 1.CMP Open Standards &
Adaptive Management 2.Applying the Open Standards to CA SWAP
Revision 3.Biz Processes and IT Tools Required to Web Enable SWAP
Revisions
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About Foundations of Success Our Structure Non-profit
organization Our Mission To improve the practice of conservation
Our Strategy Work with practitioners of all kinds to improve the
design, management, monitoring, and learning from conservation
projects and programs We dont implement conservation projects, we
make our partners conservation projects better!
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CMP The Conservation Measures Partnership: Leading Conservation
Organizations
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CMP Wildlife & Habitat Conservation Projects Come In All
Shapes and Sizes 1.Managing a wildlife refuge 2.A State Wildlife
Grant (SWG)-funded action 3.A range-wide management plan for the
Reddish Egret 4.Revisions to a State Wildlife Action Plan
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CMP Research On Over 220 Measures Systems in Different
Fields
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CMP Business & Management Family Tree
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CMP Need to Integrate Measuring Effectiveness into an Iterative
Project Cycle
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CMP Status Question: How are Species and Ecosystems Doing?
?
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CMP Effectiveness Question: Are Our Actions Leading to Desired
Results? ?
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CMP Similar Concepts, Different Words CMPAWFCITNCWCSWWF Biodiv
Targets Focal Targets Conserv Outcomes Focal Conserv Targets
Landscape Species Long- Term Goals Threats PressuresThreats
ObjectivesMilestonesObjectivesTargetsProject Targets
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CMP Conservation Measures Partnerships Open Standards Developed
by leading orgs & agencies Draws on many fields Open source
& common language Used around the world Lakes Ontario &
Huron State Wildlife Agencies Swedish National Parks Donor Funding
Programs Academic Training
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CMP The Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation
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Overview of this Presentation 1.CMP Open Standards &
Adaptive Management 2.Applying the Open Standards to CA SWAP
Revision
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California DFW Using Open Standards to Revise State Wildlife
Action Plan
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Define Project Scope: A Focus on Key Planning Units ~30
Terrestrial Ecoregions ~20 HUC 4s for Freshwater ~5 Marine Study
Regions Step 1
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Define Who is On Your Project Team SWAP Management Team
Technical Team Terrestrial/Aquatic/Marine Teams (with outside
stakeholders) Public Review
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Step 1 Develop Conceptual Model Of Your System
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Step 1 Develop Conceptual Model Of Your System
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Step 1 Develop Conceptual Model Of Your System
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Step 1 Develop Conceptual Model Of Your System
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Step 1 Develop Conceptual Model Of Your System
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Step 1 Develop Conceptual Model Of Your System
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Step 1 Develop Conceptual Model Of Your System
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Step 1 Need to Ensure Standard Roll-Upable Terms Across
Units
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Step 2 Plan Actions and Monitoring
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Step 3 Implement Actions & Monitoring Just Do It!
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Step 4 Analyze, Use, Adapt: Think About Key Questions Examples
of Key Questions that CDFW Folks Have Identified: Search and Query
- All projects that have mountain lion as a target Progress Reports
- All projects that are behind schedule for monitoring Frequency
Analyses - Logging is a high rated threat in 12 out of 20
ecoregions (60%) Descriptive & Comparative Stats - The average
mountain lion pop is 30 7 individuals Summative Analyses - See
summary of objectives example
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Step 5 Capture & Share Learning: Start with Desired End
Report
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Timeline for Overall Revision Process
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Key Lessons from California SWAP Revision Process Training in
Open Standards Required Find a few power-users to guide others Big
decisions for SWAP (and database) Geographic units Targets
(systems-level vs SGCN) Taxonomies (authority tables) Level of
detail Needed to pilot test the process Need data systems to
roll-up individual Miradi files and enforce standardization across
units
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Overview of this Presentation 1.CMP Open Standards &
Adaptive Management 2.Applying the Open Standards to CA SWAP
Revision 3.Biz Processes and IT Tools Required to Web Enable SWAP
Revisions
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What Processes and IT Tools Are Needed to Web Enable SWAP
Revisions? + Common biz processes across key units
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CMP Open Standards One Example of a Common Biz Process ~30
Terrestrial Ecoregions ~20 HUC 4s for Freshwater ~5 Marine Study
Regions
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+ Common biz processes across key units + Relevant training and
outreach tools What Processes and IT Tools Are Needed to Web Enable
SWAP Revisions?
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Guidance and Training to Support the Open Standards
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Training Courses & Coaches Conservation Coaches Network:
270 Coaches 59 Countries
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+ Common biz processes across key units + Relevant training and
outreach tools + Standard nomenclature & indicators What
Processes and IT Tools Are Needed to Web Enable SWAP
Revisions?
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We Need Standard Terms to Describe Conservation Cows? Cattle?
Livestock? Grazing? Ranching?
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Two Independent Systems Have Now Been Unified IUCN Red List
Authority Files CMP Taxonomies Unified Global Classifications
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Classifications are Now Peer Reviewed Global Standard
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Measuring the Effectiveness of State Wildlife Grants and
Wildlife Action Plans
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List of Actions 1.Land Protection 2.Data Collection/Surveys
3.Outreach to Key Resource Users 4.Species Restoration 5.Management
Planning 6.Create New Habitat/Natural Processes 7.Conservation Area
Designation 8.Training and Technical Assistance 9.Land Use Planning
10.Environmental Review 11.Direct Management
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Species Restoration Definition of Action Examples Generic
Results Chain Std Objectives Std Measures
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CMP Species Restoration Good restoration plan completed Source
population identified Species Restoration
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CMP Species initially restored to site (short-term) Species
breeding at sites : o ) Species Restoration
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CMP No breeding at sites : o ( Species Restoration
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CMP Good overall restoration plan for species Key stakeholders
buy into plan Species Restoration
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CMP Species Restoration
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CMP Obj SP RST 5 Sp Initially Restored By specified target
date, the target number of units* have been introduced to Area(s)
YYYY. Obj SP RST 6a Sp Breeding Within xx years of introduction,
the restored population is successfully breeding within the
restoration site(s). Obj SP RST 2 Good Plan Before implementation
work starts, a "good" restoration plan has been developed for the
specific project site(s). "Good" = Species Restoration
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CMP Ind SP RST 2 Quality of Plan Presence of plan; assessment
of plan against a priori quality criteria Ind SP RST 6 Species
Breeding Evidence of ongoing self reproduction of species within
the site; Total units of species at the site Species
Restoration
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Crosswalk Table Result Objective Measures Questions
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Measures Collection
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CMP Final Report Available www.fishwildlife.org
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+ Common biz processes across key units + Relevant training and
outreach tools + Standard nomenclature & indicators + Software
guidance & standard data collection What Processes and IT Tools
Are Needed to Web Enable SWAP Revisions?
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FOS, CMP & Benetech Create Miradi Desktop Software CMP The
Conservation Measures Partnership TM Adaptive Management Software
for Conservation Projects
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TM Turbo Tax for Conservation
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TM Step-by-Step Interview
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TM Miradi Enables Standard Data Collection For Individual
Projects
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+ Common biz processes across key units + Relevant training and
outreach tools + Standard nomenclature & indicators + Software
guidance & standard data collection + Databases to find,
analyze & roll-up project info What Processes and IT Tools Are
Needed to Web Enable SWAP Revisions?
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Definition of Conservation Project A defined group of
practitioners working to achieve agreed upon conservation goals
using one or more strategies.
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Definition of Conservation Program A related group of sibling
conservation projects designed to achieve overarching goals and
objectives. A program is both a high level project in its own right
and a parent to its child projects. Program Team Biodiversity
Targets
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Program Managers define building blocks to set program
framework Project Managers use building blocks to define, manage
and monitor individual projects within overall program Agency/Org
Leaders analyze and review combined project data to drive adaptive
mngmt Funders regularly receive consolidated reports showing
investment results Miradi Share Miradi Projects Online Adaptive
Management & Learning Across Conservation Programs
Practitioners find similar projects and learn from them - -
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How Can We Work Collaboratively On a Miradi File?
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How Do We Standardize Data Across Projects In Our Program??
1.Manual Code Books 2.Generic/Archetypal Chains 3.Template Lego Set
Miradi Fields 4.Custom Authority Files/Validation Rules
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How Do We Analyze Projects within a Program? Search and Query -
All projects that have mountain lion as a component Progress
Reports - All projects that are behind schedule for monitoring
Frequency Analyses - Logging is a high rated threat in 12 out of 20
sites (60%) Descriptive & Comparative Stats - The average
mountain lion pop is 30 7 individuals Summative Analyses - See
summary of objectives example
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How Do We Analyze Projects within a Program?
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Potential to Directly Interface with Wildlife TRACSs Spatial
Capabilities Projects and specific factors (e.g. targets, threats,
strategies) can all have a spatial footprint to enable GIS
analyses
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Lower Level Project Data: Equal to 100 m Detailed View
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Rolled Up Program Data Equal to 10,000 m View
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Web-Enabling Info Also Bring in Potential for 2-Way Citizen
Science Check out ebird for what could be!!
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/?cat=12
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If We Create a Culture of Data Sharing ?
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+ Common biz processes across key units + Relevant training and
outreach tools + Standard nomenclature & indicators + Software
guidance & standard data collection + Databases to find,
analyze & roll-up project info = Ingredients for Web-Enabled
SWAP Revisions... and ultimately, more effective conservation What
Processes and IT Tools Are Needed to Web Enable SWAP
Revisions?
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Straw Definition of Web-Enabling SWAPs Using web-based tools to
more efficiently develop and communicate State Wildlife Action
Plans.
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Key Lessons for Web Enabling SWAPs Start with underlying biz
processes Understand ultimate audiences and their info needs Define
both project and program scales Invest in common
structures/lexicons Technology must ultimately follow (but can
inform) the underlying biz processes Use / bring together existing
tech platforms Coaching, training, and management is critical Use
the web to both collect and communicate our work This is hard but
we cannot afford not to do it!!
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More Information FOSonline.org [email protected]
ConservationMeasures.org Miradi.org MiradiShare.org CMP Free Trial
TM
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What is Usability? Usability is a quality attribute relating to
how easy something is to use. More specifically, it refers to how
quickly people can learn to use something, how efficient they are
while using it, how memorable it is, how error- prone it is, and
how much users like using it. If people wont use a feature, it
might as well not exist (Nielsen & Loranger 2006).
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Straw Definition of Web-Enabling SWAPs Definition: Using
web-based tools to more efficiently develop and communicate State
Wildlife Action Plans. Key Lessons Start with underlying biz
processes Understand ultimate audiences and their info needs Define
both project and program scales Invest in common
structures/lexicons Technology must ultimately follow (but can
inform) the underlying biz processes Use / bring together existing
tech platforms Coaching, training, and management is critical Use
the web to both collect and communicate our work This is hard but
we cannot afford not to do it!!
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What Can We Collectively Do to Move Web-Enabling Forward?
Brilliant idea #1 Brilliant idea #2 Crackpot idea #3
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TM Miradi Enables Strong Standard Reporting Management Plan CAP
workbook Annual workplans & budgets ?
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TM Communicate Analyse, Adapt Implement Plan Conceptualise
Finance System Miradi Enables Strong Standard Reporting
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The Burden of Proof Depends on Risks, Costs, and Timeframe for
Decision Making Generally Invest More in Measures When: Stakes are
high (high cost of error or inaction) Potential to leverage
learning Costs of measures are low relative to actions Marisla
Foundation Packard Foundation
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Conservation Needs to Keep Up With Other Priorities
Conservation Worthy Cause A Worthy Cause B
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The Power of Measuring Effectiveness The Bell Curve: Treating
Cystic Fibrosis A Surprise The Best Get Better Its the centers in
the top quartile that are improving fastest.they are at risk of
breaking away. What the best may have, above all, is a capacity to
learn and adapt and to do so faster than everyone else. The Bell
Curve Leads to Uncomfortable Questions Will being in the bottom
half be used against doctors in lawsuits? Will we be expected to
tell our patients how we score? Will our patients leave us? Will
those at the bottom be paid less than those at the top? The answer
to all these questions is likely yes. Poor Below Avg Above Avg Best
Distribution of CF Treatment Center Success