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Monitoring for Conservation Planning and Management

Monitoring for Conservation Planning and Management. Elizabeth Kennedy Conservation International. 5-8 June 2007 Intervention Monitoring Exchange, Wang Lang Nature Reserve, China. Key Types of Decisions. Prioritization (where to allocate scarce conservation resources)

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Monitoring for Conservation Planning and Management

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  1. Monitoring for Conservation Planning and Management Elizabeth Kennedy Conservation International 5-8 June 2007 Intervention Monitoring Exchange, Wang Lang Nature Reserve, China

  2. Key Types of Decisions • Prioritization (where to allocate scarce conservation resources) • Evaluation (which conservation actions result in conservation outcomes under what circumstances) • Intervention selection (understanding the dynamics of threats, actions and opportunities) Status Effectivness Context Assessment

  3. Scales of monitoring and reporting Regional trends identify gaps in conservation priorities at finer scales as well informs decision making Increase in resolution/detail of data/information Increase in spatial extent of data/information Hotspot Country 1 Country 2 Country 3 Standard & compatible local data required to manage adaptively and facilitate reporting regional and global trends. KBA 1 KBA 2 KBA 1 KBA 2 KBA 1 KBA 2

  4. Outcomes Monitoring Focus is on the STATUS of: • Conservation Targets (species, sites, sea/landscapes) • Conservation Actions (research, management, governance, financing, legislation, capacity building) • Threats (timing, scope, severity) Report at the Hotspot / High Biodiversity Wilderness Area scale

  5. Outcomes Monitoring Aggregate data to report on regional/global trends in our Outcomes: • Red List Index • Percent change in habitat extent • Percentage of KBAs (in region) with protected status • Percentage of protected KBAs with management plan, enforcement strategy, capacitated staff, etc. • Percentage of threats identified in action plan that have been mitigated • Percentage of hectares in corridor / targetd land use matrix that are zoned for conservation management

  6. Key Types of Decisions • Prioritization (where to allocate scarce conservation resources) • Evaluation (which conservation actions result in conservation outcomes under what circumstances) • Intervention selection (understanding the dynamics of threats, actions and opportunities)

  7. Intervention Monitoring Focus is on evaluating EFFECTIVENESS of a given intervention • Linked to changes in status of conservation target at scale of intervention • Abatement of threats • Degree of implementation Adaptive Managment Report at the intervention scale Roll up to evaluate intervention type

  8. OM and IM

  9. Added Value of IM nested with OM • Linking intervention with changes in status of conservation targets • Adaptive management at scale of intervention • Understand how interventions work (when and where) • Validate assumptions in conservation action • Ability to report success of individual investment

  10. Thank You Questions???

  11. Red List Index: Change in IUCN Red List status of species RLI : Measure the relative rate at which the number of sp in each IUCN Redlist category change by tracking genuine change in sp extinction risk between Redlist assessment -B & A: the RLI reveals deterioration in the conservation status over the last two decades

  12. Change in Protection Status of Conservation Priority Areas: Key Biodiversity Areas, including Alliance for Zero Extinction Sites Time period 1996 – 2006.In Madagascar, 50 of 164 KBAs (30.4%) including 11 of 15 AZE sites (73%), benefit from official safeguard status AZE sites: highly irreplaceable and highly threatened sites that contain the last remaining population of one or more Critically Endangered or Endangered species.

  13. Change in Habitat Extent in Key Biodiversity Areas, including Alliance for Zero Extinction sites AZE sites had the highest rate of decline in the proportion of habitat cover during 1975 to 1990. During 1990 to 2000 the rate of decline slowed for all KBAs

  14. Change in fragmentation in biodiversity conservation corridors proportion of habitat not within 1 km from a non-habitat edge

  15. Change in fragmentation in biodiversity conservation corridors proportion of habitat in patches >100 km2

  16. CI Enterprise Exchange protocols Partner Partner Partner Partner PUBLIC Database Interactions IUCN Red List Publications Annual update Exchange protocols BirdLife IBAs Updates WBDB World Database on Protected Areas Exchange protocols

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