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Threats and Actions Classifications (2016)

A key foundation of any science is a common nomenclature that practitioners can use to describe—in a mutually intelligible way—the problems they are facing and the solutions they are using....

Direct Threats Classification (V1.0)

Click here for Direct Threats Classification (v2.0) Following is Direct Threats (V1.0) How Do We Define “Direct Threats”? Direct threats are the proximate human activities or processes that have caused,…

Conservation Actions Classification (V1.0)

Click for the current Version 2.0 of the Conservation Actions Classification The following classification is Version 1.0 Conservation Actions are interventions undertaken by project staff or partners designed to reach…

Defining and Using Evidence in Conservation Practice (2019)

This excellent journal paper seeks to integrate evidence-based conservation with the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation and is freely available online here from the new SCB journal Conservation...

Altai-Sayan Ecoregion Conservation Strategy (2012)

Ukok Plateau, Republic of Altai (Denis Bogomolov/ WWF-Russia) This is an excellent example of a large, multi country strategic plan in the Central Asian landscape, very effectively using the Open...

Strategic Plan, Axios Delta, Greece (2009)

This plan set up the framework for a subsequent Management Plan for the then recently proclaimed Axios Delta National Park, the marine outfall of four rivers near Thessaloniki in Greece. Led...

Strategic Plan for Painted Dog Conservation (2011)

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...

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)

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)

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...