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Engaging partners in the KBA process July 26, 2006. Lessons Learned from Building the China Ecopartners Network Philip Chou, China Program Officer. Partnership Building. Provide technical assistance – build capacity on database creation and management
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Engaging partners in the KBA process July 26, 2006 Lessons Learned from Building the China Ecopartners Network Philip Chou, China Program Officer
Partnership Building • Provide technical assistance – build capacity on database creation and management • Coalition building and Consensus Building – workshops and presentations • Individualized contact – informal review meetings
Strategy • Start small and move in incremental steps • Create group ownership • Create positive influence geared toward conservation action
Promoting Data Sharing • Creating synergy amongst partners so that A + B > A + B (the sum is greater than the parts) • Move in a strategic step by step fashion • Build credibility amongst partners
Enlarge database step by step … … New database New database The bigger the database, the more attractive
Solved Data sharing What is a Data Sharing Network Data Analyzers Data Collectors Data Users/Policy Makers B A C D E Nature reserve staff, Scientific institute Inventory Survey; birders tourist … … Local government, Nature reserve Conservation NGO Scientific Institute … … Local government, Nature reserve Conservation NGO • Policy maker lacking info. • Data collectors without clear objective • Data Analyzers without data • Resource wasted on existing data
Effective Policy & Action IBA GAA Outcome Monitoring Through (SW China Eco-partners) Harvard University Peking University CCICED /IOZ.CAS Yunnan Forest Department CI China CIB.CAS WWF Sichuan University Sichuan Forest Academy SouthWest Forestry University TNC PA …… Refine conservation outcomes (2004/4 – 2006/9) Define Conservation Outcomes
Major Achievements: Eco-partners in SW China Main challenge 2: Need lots of resource to maintain • 37 persons signed the Data Sharing Protocols, As individual or represent their institute • First time in this region to show the strong will of Sharing data. • First time to identify indicators to measure success in China. “This is a real good beginning for all of us to measure whether our efforts in conservation in Southwest China are effective ” Reported by “China Daily” 04/22/2005 page13
China Blueprint TNC/SEPA/GEF Next step • TNC “Blue Print” • Using KBA methods • Workshop for standard monitoring methodology • Survey and integrate more information on freshwater (watershed), and plants • Work towards identification of Landscape level targets (watershed) • Birdlife IBAs • Refined IBAs and will meet to validate and collaborate • County Level Analysis for Entire Nation • A start for BIAs and major developmemt • IBAT • Corporate engagement tool