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Applying Behavior Change in the Conservation Standards

This website (behavior-cmp.org) aims to be an additional resource to support applying behavior change theory when going through the Conservation Standards cycle. The behavior change frameworks page provides a deep…

Technically Strong and Politically Savvy Supplemental Guide (2020)

Enhancing Thinking and Working Politically (TWP) When Practicing the Conservation Standards at USAID This supplemental guide offers practical advice for thinking and working politically (TWP) when practicing the Conservation Standards…

Start-Up Guidance for USAID Biodiversity Activities: Process Overview (2016)

Start-Up Guidance for USAID Biodiversity Activities: Process Overview describes the main steps to initiate a new biodiversity or integrated activity, including a theory of change workshop. This short guide explains...

Parks Canada Conservation Standards Modules

Parks Canada developed these modules to provide staff accessible, self-paced training materials for Steps 1 (Assess) and 2 (Plan) of the Conservation Standards, as well as a set of reference materials....

Climate-Smart Conservation Practice Case Studies (2021)

Over the last few years, as the CMP Climate Guidance Working Group has developed Climate-Smart Conservation Practice, a few organizations in the Conservation Standards community have applied different parts of...

Recipes for Conservation: A Conservation Standards Toolkit (2024)

This draft "Toolkit" provides a series of "recipes" for "lighter" Conservation Standards (CS) approaches to different scenarios that teams typically encounter. The recipes link to tip sheets that offer practical ideas...

Factsheets: Situation Models and Results Chains (2021)

These factsheets are intended to provide a high-level summary of what situation models / results chains are, how they are developed and how to read them. The target audience is...

Global Environment & Development Agendas: An Integrated Strategy for Conservation (2020)

This report, a product of CMP’s Collaborative Learning Initiative, provides an overview of Global Environment and Development Agendas: Strategies for Conservation. It includes the defining characteristics of this strategy, a…

Holistic Approach for Healthy and Resilient Social-ecological Systems (2020)

This report, a product of CMP’s Collaborative Learning Initiative, describes the rationale for and conditions that warrant a holistic approach to conservation efforts. Through a very ambitious and rapid-fire effort,…

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...