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Second Place Case Study Competition 2020: Reducing Opportunities for Unlawful Transport of Endangered Species (ROUTES)

There is significant potential to reduce illegal wildlife trade through training and collaborating with airport staff. To take advantage of this potential, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) initiated…

Winner Case Study Competition 2020: Partnership Adoption of the Conservation Standards

Winners of the 2020 Conservation Standards Case Study Competition, the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) and the International Crane Foundation (ICF) have been working together to conserve crane populations and their...

Climate-Smart Conservation Practice (2020)

This guidance is intended to support practitioners undertaking conservation planning in the face of the uncertainties created by climate change. It builds on the already widely used Conservation Measures Partnership’s...

Conservation Enterprises: Using a Theory of Change Approach to Synthesize Lessons from USAID Biodiversity Projects (2017)

Description: This is an excellent synthesis of lessons learned from a review of past USAID-supported conservation enterprises. The framework for the review was a set of “learning questions” related to the…

The International Fund for Animal Welfare Open Standards (2016)

IFAW (The International Fund for Animal Welfare) has developed a comprehensive guide to the the first four steps of the Open Standards. It takes a simple and clear approach that...

Tools of Engagement (2011)

Filled with many handy hints and alternative approaches to steps and aspects of the Open Standards, this toolkit is a very valuable resource. The document provides approaches to conducting workshops,...

Institutionalizing the Open Standards (2018)

This is a very valuable guide to integrating the Open Standards into the fabric of how conservation organizations do business. If we want to improve the effectiveness of our organizations…

Using Systematic Monitoring to Evaluate and Adapt Management of a Tiger Reserve in Northern Lao PDR (Johnson et al, 2012)

Located in one of a very few Asian Tiger source areas, this inspirational tale of adapting actions, strategies, monitoring and even objectives based squarely on evidence by hundreds of people…

Designing Monitoring and Evaluation Approaches (2019)

This guide provides an excellent high-level overview of monitoring and evaluation design concepts. It clarifies that teams should consider their resources and need for precision and establishing causality when choosing…

Territory Natural Resources Management (~2005, 2010-2020)

This case study shows the evolution of a management plan through several iterations using the Open Standards. One of 56 organizations spanning Australia, Territory Natural Resources Management (TNRM) picked up...