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EFFECTING THE NABCI VISION: EXPECTATIONS OF JOINT VENTURES

EFFECTING THE NABCI VISION: EXPECTATIONS OF JOINT VENTURES. Scott C. Yaich Director of Conservation Programs Ducks Unlimited, Memphis, TN. Joint Ventures: An Introspective Look. “I always wanted to be somebody,…. …but I should have been more specific.” Lily Tomlin.

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EFFECTING THE NABCI VISION: EXPECTATIONS OF JOINT VENTURES

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  1. EFFECTING THE NABCI VISION: EXPECTATIONS OF JOINT VENTURES Scott C. Yaich Director of Conservation Programs Ducks Unlimited, Memphis, TN

  2. Joint Ventures: An Introspective Look “I always wanted to be somebody,… …but I should have been more specific.” Lily Tomlin

  3. Objectives: To meet the external expectations of the JV’s, stimulate consideration of… • What should JVs be? • - 2 basic models • What should Board members • consider in charting the future • of the LMVJV and other JVs?

  4. Objectives: To stimulate consideration of… • What should JV Board • members be? • - Board member characteristics • - How can JV Board members • advance the JV vision in their • day-to-day, non-JV world?

  5. Effecting the NABCI Vision:… “Populations and habitats of North America’s birds protected, restored or enhanced through coordinated efforts at international, national, regional, state and local levels, guided by sound science and effective management.” Expectations of Joint Ventures?

  6. FWS Director’s Order No. 146: Joint Venture Administration • “Constitution” for JVs • Defines JVs • Provides guidance re: roles and functions of JVs • Fosters expectations of JVs

  7. Joint Venture Definition: “A self-directed partnership of agencies, organizations, corporations, tribes, or individuals that has formally accepted the responsibility of implementing national or international bird conservation plans within a specific geographic area or for a specific taxonomic group, and has received general acceptance in the bird conservation community for such responsibility.”

  8. Context for Joint Venture Functions: Continental and National Initiatives Regionally-based Joint Ventures: Local Projects

  9. What do the Initiatives provide? • Continental population goals and priorities • Range-wide assessment of limiting factors • Range-wide monitoring and evaluation • Biological expertise organized into • national and regional workgroups

  10. What do the JVs Provide? • Coordination • Planning and design • Project development and • implementation • Communications and Outreach • Monitoring, evaluation and applied • research

  11. External expectations of Joint Ventures: Long-term... All elements fully developed and functioning to provide a logical and coordinated approach to the conservation of all birds.

  12. External expectations of Joint Ventures: Short-term.... A commitment to build the capacity to conduct regional-scale landscape design that integrates priorities and objectives of all bird initiatives into JV implementation plans.

  13. LMVJV Business Model: • Vehicle for monitoring and • managing CHANGE Current state “Managed Evolution” Vision “Unmanaged Evolution”

  14. Two Fundamental Business Models: • Conservation Delivery • Conservation Enterprise HOWEVER, these models exist as points along a continuum of JV evolution and function

  15. Conservation Enterprise Conservation Delivery Central Activity Delivery of habi- tat conservation Planning, delivery, evaluation, monitoring and research Composition • Administrators, • managers, • scientists • Internal and • external networks • Administrators, • managers • Internal • networks

  16. Conservation Enterprise Conservation Delivery Structure • Administrative • oversight • Technical • groups • Administrative • oversight • Technical • groups • To advance 3 • spheres of bird • conservation • Programmatic • To advance 1 • sphere of bird • conservation

  17. Conservation Enterprise Conservation Delivery Function • ID, design, and • develop funding • for habitat • projects • Landscape • design needed • to fulfill birds’ • biological needs • Context for JV • and partner • activities • More opportun- • istic; less context • JV benefits: • Additive • JV benefits: • Multiplicative

  18. Conservation Delivery Conservation Enterprise JV • Coordination JV Initiatives (JV) • Planning and • design JV and Initiatives • Project devel- • opment and imp- • lementation JV JV JV • Communications JV • Monitoring, • evaluation and • applied research Initiatives (JV) JV and Initiatives

  19. Conservation Delivery Conservation Enterprise • Planning, design, • monitoring, • evaluation and • applied research Initiatives (JV) JV and Initiatives • Project devel- • opment and imp- • lementation JV JV

  20. Conservation Delivery Conservation Enterprise • Planning, design, • monitoring, • evaluation and • applied research Initiatives (JV) JV and Initiatives Existing broad, national, more regional Expertise continental depth Regional general, with local Knowledge national context familiarity Future outside JV within JV Capacity

  21. Conservation Delivery Conservation Enterprise • Planning, design, • monitoring, • evaluation and • applied research Initiatives (JV) JV and Initiatives Coordination from from and Direction outside JV within JV Relevance of greatest to greatest to Product Initiatives JVs Level of additive multiplicative Benefits

  22. Conservation Delivery Conservation Enterprise • Planning, design, • monitoring, • evaluation and • applied research Initiatives (JV) JV and Initiatives Responsibility Ultimately, YES and Accountability NO Leadership Contextual Results- oriented

  23. Management Board Representation • Administrator with responsibility • for all bird conservation programs • Someone with direct access to and • credibility with same • - should be coupled with informed, • committed Administrator

  24. How Can JV Members Advance The JV Vision in Their Day Jobs? • Apply the principles of the Conservation • Enterprise model to all activities affecting • bird conservation • Remember to use the products developed • by the JV to address your broader needs • Use the expertise and personnel resources • available through the JV partnership

  25. External expectations of Joint Ventures: 1. Build the biological foundation for regionally-based bird conservation. 2. Translate population goals of the Initiatives into regional population goals and then into explicit landscape designs and habitat objectives.

  26. External expectations of Joint Ventures: • Coordinate regional monitoring and • research to evaluate assumptions in • the biological foundation and assess • progress toward population goals. • Collaborate on addressing continental • scale information needs.

  27. External expectations of Joint Ventures: • Coordinate and deliver conservation • from a common strategy. • Speak with a common voice and reach • out to potential partners that use • habitat conservation to attain their • own unique goals.

  28. “Thanks” for the Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture’s Leadership! KEEP IT UP!

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