Here you can access the original and the updated version of a comprehensive Excel workbook, where users can enter planning data based on the Conservation Action Planning (CAP) process (a…
Here you will find excellent tools to implement the Conservation Standards including:
- standard classifications,
- spatial and planning tools
- libraries of strategies, results chains and indicators.
Resource Library
NatureServe Vista (~2004) (2017)
NatureServe Vista is a robust conservation assessment and planning software. It is an extension to ArcGIS 10.x in continuous release since 2004. The tool's functions fit well with the spatial…
20 Years and Counting: Adaptive Management of Chimpanzee Habitats in the Greater Gombe Ecosystem, Tanzania (2016) (2017)
This case study was winner of the 2016 Adaptive Management Case Study competition as it amply demonstrated the power of the Open Standards in refocusing effort according to evidence, the…
Defining Outcomes and Indicators for Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Uses (2016) (2016)
Description: This how-to guide on defining outcomes and indicators for monitoring, evaluation, and learning uses the results chains developed in the USAID results chain guide. It provides help identifying key…
Using Results Chains (2016) ()
Description: This how-to guide on results chains builds off the situation model guide. It helps design teams clearly depict the program’s theory of change by using results chains as a…
Developing Situation Models for Biodiversity Conservation (2016) ()
Description: This how-to guide focuses on how to develop situation models (aka conceptual models) to map out the biodiversity conservation problem context to be addressed. It is part of a…
WWF Standards of Conservation Project and Programme Management (PPMS) (2012) (2016)
This document contains an overview of the WWF Network’s Standards of Conservation Project and Programme Management (PPMS). These standards are the product of many inputs, field tests, discussions, debates and…
Mongolian Guidance for the Conservation Standards (2.0) (2015) ()
For a Protected Area training in the Open Standards held in in Mongolia in 2015, a Mongolian guidance version of the Open Standards (v2.0) was developed. This guidance has been…
Wunambal Gaambera Healthy Country Plan Mid-term Evaluation (2015) (2016)
"Something quite remarkable on a global scale is happening on Wunambal Gaambera country" said Ian Dutton in review ing the plan, "Indigenous people returning to their country have begun to…
Project Management for Wildlife Conservation (2016) (2016)
Description This is a comprehensive, step-by-step manual for project management. It is accompanied by associated tools and support templates to implement each step of each process, which can be accessed…
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