Transcript Measuring Conservation Outcomes for Biodiversity

Measuring Conservation
Outcomes for Biodiversity:
An overview on monitoring the status
of biodiversity and the Outcome
Monitoring Program at
Conservation International
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Outline
1. Conceptual framework for Outcome
Definition and Monitoring
2. Proposed indicators and
supplementary measures:
•
Extinctions Avoided
•
Areas Protected
•
Corridors Created
3. Ongoing efforts to define scaleable
indicators for biodiversity status
4. Challenges and next steps for phasing
in Outcome Monitoring
Outcome Monitoring
Taskforce
*Convened in October 2002
*11 Members, from various
departments within CI
*Built on work of regions and other
institutions
*Supported by Field, Regional
Program, and DC Divisional Staff
Species
Sites
Extinctions
Avoided
Areas
Protected
Landscapes/
Seascapes
Corridors
Created
Biosphere
Genes
Increasing scale of ecological organization
Necessity for targets in
biodiversity conservation
* Justifying the efficiency of
conservation strategies
* Establishing a baseline for
monitoring conservation
success
Conservation
implementation
Outcome
monitoring
Prioritization
Definition and
refinement of
outcomes
Why does the biodiversity
conservation community need
Outcome Monitoring?
• Anticipate monitoring or ‘reporting’ needs with
delivery of quantifiable, repeatable measures that
all can embrace
• Ability to report progress on Outcomes will
facilitate generation of future funds for
biodiversity conservation
• Establish a sound foundation to build in other
monitoring needs
• Inform our strategy development over time
• Assess how we’re doing
• Detect and act on threats
Why does the biodiversity
conservation community need
Outcome Monitoring?
• Assess how
we’re doing
local
– project managers
– species, sites,
– national NGOs
corridors
– CBCs
– Governments
– national policy
– international
organisations
– global community
• Detect and act
on threats
– global trends
global
State
Biophysical
System
S-P-R Framework
System Dynamics
Pressure
Response
Social System
Management
System
Outcome
Milestone
Output/
Activity
CI’s
Terminolog
y
Effectiveness
Monitoring
Are our strategy
actions having
their intended
impact?
Outcomes
State
Monitoring
Milestone
How is the most
threatened
biodiversity in
Hotspots and
Wilderness
Areas doing?
Outputs
Activities
Statu
s
Threats
Biodiversity
Actions
Effectiveness
Monitoring Categories
Indicators = State Assessment:
Broad indicators of state of
biodiversity
Supplementary Measures =
Effectiveness Measures:
Focused indicators to help determine
whether specific actions are working
as planned.
The Indicators and
Supplementary Measures
Extinctions Avoided
Indicators
1. Percent change in number of threatened
species in each IUCN Red List category,
number of species downlisted, and
number of species that have gone extinct
2. Percent improvement towards achieving
downlisting of each threatened species,
concentrating on rates of decline,
starting with Critically Endangered
species
Extinctions Avoided
Supplementary Measures
a. Outcome Definition status
b. Research on threatened species
c. Legislative protection of species
d. Exploitation of species
Areas Protected
Indicators
3. Percent and number of all Key
Biodiversity Areas that are
protected with (a) legal
recognition or binding
contractual agreements and
(b) biodiversity conservation
as an official goal
4. Percent original habitat cover
at Key Biodiversity Areas
Areas Protected
Supplementary Measures
a.
b.
c.
d.
Outcome Definition progress
Species focus in management objectives
Permitted uses of protected areas
Implementation of management
(personnel, boundary demarcation,
research stations, local benefits)
Ducke Reserve,
Amazon
1986
1996
Corridors Created
Indicators
5. Change in fragmentation
statistics
6. Percent suitable habitat
cover for corridor-level
species
Corridors Created
Supplementary Measures
a. Outcome Definition
progress
b. Infrastructure development
c. National conservation
legislation
d. Invasive species presence
e. Incentives for biodiversity
friendly land use
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Evaluate, Communicate,
Refine
Outcome
Definition
(Biological
Targets)
Interventions
Species
Strategies
Site
Strategies
Outcome
Monitoring
Landscape/
Seascape
Strategies
Three-year outputs
1. Outcomes Database populated
2. Outcome map refined & guides prioritization processes
3. Baseline for indicators is captured
4. Detailed monitoring implementation workplan and fundraising
strategy develop ed with partners
5. Substantial number of proposals submitted to non-CEPF donors
6. Monitoring data incorporated into Database
7. Release State of the Hotspots book/detailed report
8. Monitoring capacity built for the region (eg. local university runs a
small grants program for species studies)
9. National coordination mechanism established with government to
report on Convention of Biological Diversity indicators
Global Efforts
Conservation Measures Partnership
Transform the practice of conservation by developing, testing and
sharing tools to credibly assess and improve the effectiveness of
conservation investments.
Main objectives
1. Information Sharing
2. Conservation “Rosetta Stone”
3. Activity-based Cost Accounting
4. Report on Successes and Failures
5. Perform Credible Conservation Audits
6. Global Measures of Conservation Status
7. Developing Common Tools and Standards for Monitoring
The Global Efforts
• Convention on Biological Diversity
• The NGO Indicator Contribution
Paper
• The Red List Indicators
• The Global Environment Facility
• The UN Millennium Project (TF6,
MDG)
• Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Challenges and
Opportunities for
Collaboration
• Simple, reliable, sustained data collection
is key (even this will be a real challenge on
a large scale)
• Work together in genuine collaborations
• Standardization
• Data ownership and management
• Incorporating Marine and Freshwater
• Defining landscape level targets
• Work within the regions to adopt
additional region and partner specific
indicators
Next Steps
• Phase in Outcome Monitoring over
next 2 to 5 years
– Staffing, Funding, Partner
Organizations
• Inter-institutional collaboration in
monitoring
– Governments and management
authorities
Next Steps
• Integrating other monitoring needs for
regional context
– Link clearly to intervention mechanisms
• Reporting structure that provides
feedback
– Tailored to audiences
– Different scales
– Collaborative reporting frameworks
• Refine approaches and keep the
system going