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Dan Salzer, U.S.A. Silvia Benitez P., Ecuador

The Nature Conservancy’s Measures of Success experience in assessing management effectiveness in Latin America. Dan Salzer, U.S.A. Silvia Benitez P., Ecuador. The Nature Conservancy is a proud supporter of the 2003 World Parks Congress conserveonline.org.

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Dan Salzer, U.S.A. Silvia Benitez P., Ecuador

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  1. The Nature Conservancy’s Measures of Success experience in assessing management effectiveness in Latin America Dan Salzer, U.S.A. Silvia Benitez P., Ecuador The Nature Conservancy is a proud supporter of the 2003 World Parks Congress conserveonline.org

  2. Management effectiveness approaches used by TNC in Latin America PAs • Measures of Success using 5S method • Planning and measures approach includes • Biodiversity health of conservation targets • Threat status to conservation targets • Also includes smaller set of capacity measures • Parks in Peril Consolidation Scorecard

  3. Enhanced 5-S - stronger adaptive mgmt Systems • Project Scope • Targets & Viability Stresses & Sources • Critical Threats • Situation Analysis Implement & Monitor Adapt & Learn Success • Monitoring Plan • Analyze & Communicate • Summary Status Measures Strategies • Objectives & Actions • Action Plan

  4. Benefits of Enhanced 5-S • Strengthens coverage of all WCPA evaluation framework elements (context, planning, inputs, processes, outputs, outcomes) • Promotes adaptive management • Completely revised Excel tool

  5. USE OF A CONSERVATION EVALUATION FRAMEWORK TO MOVE BEYOND BOUNDARIES ON P.A. MANAGEMENT CONDOR BIORESERVE CASE STUDY Silvia Benitez P., Ecuador The Nature Conservancy is a proud supporter of the 2003 World Parks Congress conserveonline.org

  6. Condor Bioreserve Project TNC Ecuador Program EcoCiencia Fundacion Antisana Fundacion Rumicocha Ministerio del Medio Ambiente USAID

  7. The Condor Bioreserve Montane ecosystems 6 protected areas Upper Napo watershed More than 2 million hectares

  8. Biodiversity and environmental services > 760 species of birds > 150 species of mammals > 110 species of amphibians 16 types of habitats: from highland grasslandsto Amazon foothills forests > 2 million people depend on its resources (water)

  9. Project Planning in the CBR • Iterative process • Strong link between different steps lead to MOS (adaptive management) • Reduce subjectivity • Science-based/use best information available • Participatory

  10. Define Project Goal “The CBR will be a model for biodiversity conservation by applying participatory strategies that contribute to its sustainable development.”

  11. Systems: Conservation Targets • Represent biodiversity • Represent threats • Represent different scales: • geographic • biodiversity organization

  12. Systems: Conservation Targets Paramo High Inter-andean forests Low montane forests Foothill forests Ecosystems Communities Species Amphibians of montane rivers Andean Tapir Andean Bear River Otter Local Intermediate Coarse

  13. Systems: Viability What are the key ecological attributes of conservation targets? What are their acceptable levels of change? What is the current state of conservation targets?

  14. Systems: Viability

  15. Source Stress Key attribute Infrastructure development Fragmentation Habitat connectivity Sources and stresses What is affecting the viability of the conservation targets? What is causing the stress? Andean Bear

  16. Sources of stress: critical threats

  17. Stresses and sources: situation analysis Understanding the linkages

  18. Paramo communities Inadequate land use practices Farmers living on steep areas Andean Bear Illegal trade Population density Colonos Human-bear conflict Population reduction Hunters Hunting Situation Analysis - Understanding the linkages Stresses and sources: situation analysis

  19. Strategies:objectives and actions Establish clear and measurable conservation objectives Maintain current habitat connectivity of Andean Bear within the Condor Bioreserve Reduce by 80% the mortality of Andean Bear due to conflicts with cattle raising

  20. Strategies:objectives and actions How to achieve conservation objectives? Define priority strategic actions Establish 4 conservation corridors within protected areas in the CBR Work with farmers living on areas of human-bear conflict to improve cattle management on their lands

  21. Success: monitoring plan Closing the circle Maintain current habitat connectivity of Andean Bear within the Condor Bioreserve Objective • # of farmers changing cattle mgmt • % Andean bear mortality • Connectivity among habitat patches Indicators • Farmer surveys • Andean bear surveys • Satellite images - GIS fragmentation • analyses Methods

  22. Benefits and Challenges Common vision on definition of success Boundaries based on conservation targets Science leads to decision making

  23. Benefits and Challenges Data needs (e.g., thresholds, baseline) Challenge of scale Measure process Hypothesis to be tested

  24. Thank you!

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