Penned in 2011, the Painted Dog Conservation Strategic Plan uses the Open Standards to achieve species conservation in almost flawless detail. The document steps through targets, viability, threats and situation…
This page includes “how-to” guidance and training materials designed to help teams implement the Open Standards (e.g., training manuals and presentations). Note that we also provide a list of tools which serve as important resource but which do not provide step-by-step guidance.
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Resource Library
Measuring the Effectiveness of State Wildlife Grant Projects: Phase I Report (2010) ()
This report is a good example of how a national agency used results chains to develop common theories of change, objectives and indicators in order to assess effectiveness at varying scales…
Healthy Country Planning (~2019) (2018)
Healthy Country Planning is an adaptation of the Open Standards developed for use in participative and cross-cultural situations - typically with Indigenous communities. To better enable this, the language of the…
Climate-Smart Conservation Standards Webinars (2018) (2018)
This series of 4 webinar recordings by Marcia Brown (FOS) and John Morrison (WWF) provides an overview of the Climate-Smart Open Standards. Another good base resource is the National Wildlife…
Conservation Audit Guidelines and Tool (2020) ()
Updated to reflect Version 3.0 released in December 2020. Developed and maintained by the CMP Conservation Audits Working Group, the Conservation Audit Guidelines and Tool facilitate an efficient analysis of…
Glossary of CS Terms Translated to Lao (2017) (2018)
The ongoing Integrated Conservation of Biodiversity and Forests project in Laos has been translating and tailoring OS materials for local use. Two key elements of this are Lao translations of:…
The Road Traveled in Chile: Winner Case Study Competition 2018 (2018)
The inspiring Road Traveled in Chile:Lessons and Challenges in Strengthening Adaptive Management in a National System of Protected Areas won the 2018 Case Study Competition handsomely.
USAID – Effectiveness of Enterprises as a Conservation Strategy (2018) ()
The USAID initiative - Learning Group Explores the Effectiveness of Enterprises as a Conservation Strategy, received an Honorable Mention in the 2018 Case Study competition. The team working within USAID…
From Great Conversation to Great Conservation – Bat Conservation International (USAID – Effectiveness of Enterprises as a Conservation Strategy) (2018) ()
From Great Conversation to Great Conservation, the Bat Conservation International entry gained an Honorable Mention in the 2018 Case Study Competition. Key lessons learned by Bat Conservation International were that…
Yourka Reserve Case Study (2018) ()
Bush Heritage Australia, with their Yourka Reserve – A Unique Tropical Savanna Ecosystem came third in the 2018 Case Study Competition. Key lessons gleaned in this case study were: Don’t let…
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