Conservation Coaches Network An Overview. supporting focused conservation practice sharing and...

Conservation Coaches Network

An Overview

supporting focused conservation practicesharing and learning worldwide

building capacity for the Future


Core Purpose

Priority projects have effective action plans producing results at real places


Goals

1. Open Standards support for projects

2. Share Best Practices and Lessons Learned

3. Continuous Innovation by real users

4. “Institutionalize” Common Language and Approach

5. Expand the Network


Evolution and History

1986 Virginia Eastern Shore –

TNC’s first large

“landscape-scale” project

1991 Four “S” plans for early

“bioreserves” landscape-

scale projects

1996 TNC team codifies “5- S’s”

in “Site Conservation Planning”


Stresses & SourcesStresses & Sources• Critical Threats• Situation Analysis

StrategiesStrategies• Objectives & Actions• Action Plan

SuccessSuccess• Monitoring Plan• Analyze & Communicate

Implement & Monitor

Adapt & Learn

SystemsSystems• Project Scope• Targets & Viability

TNC codifies “5 – S”



1998 Efroymson Fellowship program born

Result of work of Greg Low and

gift from Efroymson Family

Dan and Laurie Efroymson Greg Low



2000 Excel Workbook developed

2003 “E-5S” - Viability and strategy process gets more rigor

Note. From 1998 - Dec. 2004, TNC involved 150 teams in Fellowship workshops using 5S method


Pacific Islands First Franchise Unit

2004 Efroymson Coaches Network Born



Important Parallel River is flowing……

• 2004 Conservation Measures Partnership formed

• 2004 Parties agree to “Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation”



www.conservationmeasures.org

Open Standards

for the Practice of Conservation


2005

TNC’s “5S” evolves to Conservation Action Planning/CAP

TNC’s Efroymson Coaches Network Board completes first Strategic Plan



2007 – ConPro developed

2008 – Miradi introduced


2009 – New Coaches Network Strategic Plan Ratified by Partners!



Strategic Plan Objective 4 - Strengthen & Expand Network Structure

2010 - Conservation

CoachesNetwork (CCNet)

OfficiallyLaunched!



CCNet Structure

Partners – FOS, Greening Australia, TNC, WWF

Franchises – 12 franchises, 16+ leaders

Coaches – 350+

Network Coordinating team –

Brad Northrup, John Morrison, Jora Young, Cristina Lasch


CCNet Board

Franchises and leaders:

Africa: Anne Ntongho y Nancy ChegeAustralia (Papua New Guinnea): Ben Carr (in absence of Natalie Holland) & Paul Koch; Europe: Ilke Tilders, Nicolas Boenisch & Xavier Escuté Mesoamerica: Bernal Herrera Northamerica: Tina Hall (Central); Sara Gottlieb (East); Terri Schulz (RockyMts/NW/Canada); Sandi Matsumoto (Sierras/CA) Pacific Islands: Steven Victor & Trina Leberer (TNC) (Micronesia); Emily Fielding (TNC) (Polynesia & Melanesia) South America: Armando Valdés-VelásquezSouth Asia: Adam Barlow & Lucy Boddam-Whetham WWF: – Sheila O’Connor & Lydia GaskellTeaching Adaptive Management (TAM): Vinaya Swaminathan We are in the process of establishing franchises for: China: Jin Tong & Matt Durnin; Mongolia: Gala Davaa, Tuguldur Enkthsetseg; Malaysia/Indonesia: Hui Shim Tan

Partner Organizations and Representatives:

1. FOS – Nick Salafsky & Ilke Tilders2. Greening Australia – Mark Anderson & Paul Koch3. The Nature Conservancy – Hilary Toma 4. WWF – Sheila O’Connor


CCNet Coaches

Experienced conservation practitioners

Trained and current in Open Standards/CAP

Skilled in facilitating Open Standards/CAP

Committed to supporting conservation teams

Informed about emerging strategies

Committed to learning and “passing it on”


Coaches support individual team processes


CCNet Coaches

Experienced coaches support multiple teams working side by side - providing each other

peer review and input


CCNet Coaches

Innovations

• Participatory planning approaches

• Archeological and Cultural targets in Open Standards

• Integrating Climate Change into Open Standards

• And more…….


Work with Partners

Around the World

Coach training Madagascar National Parks staff

• Gombe Reserve - Tanzania

• Gondwana Land – Western Australia

• Maya Mountain Corridor – Belize

• Sian Kaan and Rio Lagartos –

Mexico

• Tikal and Atitlan National Parks - Guatemala

• Chongming Dongtan Nature Reserve - China

• Salmon Recovery Plan – California

• Sandy Island MPA – Grenada

• Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest - Nevada

• And many more…


Fellowships

• Developing a training program for PA managers in China• Documenting adaptations and best practices working

with Indigenous peoples

Helping teams develop measures

Developing a Chimpanzee conservation plan for Tanzania


2010 - Over 260 coach-supported projects

CCNet Project

Map 2010


Virtual Sharing & Learning

Virtual “trainings” and working groups

Coaches List Serve

Web siteProject Data Base

Newsletter


Virtual Sharing & Learning

Virtual “trainings” and working groups

Coaches List Serve

Project Data Base

Newsletter


CCNet website

Why Do We Care?

Effective and focused plans lead to effective action

More input from more users leads to continuous improvement of methodology

A connected community speaking a common conservation language leads to better communication, more sharing and learning and faster diffusion of conservation innovation

All aiming at one prize…….

Why is

CCNet Needed?


Great conservation! Great Planet!

CCNet Ground Rules

• Participate

• Don’t Dominate

• Tough Love… but

• “Boss-Free Zone”

• Everyone advocates; project team decides

• Cell phones/e-mail off; no side conversations

• Have Fun


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