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IUCN – CMP Direct Threats Classification Version 4.0

Effective conservation requires a shared language to identify and assess threats to ecosystems and species. Since 2008, the IUCN Species Survival Commission and Conservation Measures Partnership have maintained a unified…

Nature-based Solutions Learning Initiative 2022 Final Report

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) is an expanding field of study focused on how the conservation, restoration, and sustainable management of ecosystems can address socio-environmental problems, such as invasive species and climate...

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....

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...

Conservation Standards Overview Training PowerPoints (formatted for CS v. 4.0) (2021)

CMP and CCNet members have updated the basic presentations supporting the Conservation Standards Steps 1-2. These presentations use high-quality photographs and reduced text on slides, and they include detailed presenters’...

Project Management for Wildlife Conservation: V2.0 (2017)

Following on the success of the first edition of Project Management for Wildlife Conservation, WildTeam has released an updated version 2.0, which is available here. WildTeam - a not for...

Threats and Actions Classifications

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…

Direct Threats Classification (v2.0) (2016)

*An updated threat classificiation is here! Please click here to access the IUCN-CMP Direct Threats Classification. There is no one "right" classification system for threats, but Direct Threats Classification (v2.0)...