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 aspects of the Open Standards and it works well in a toolkit approach such as with Miradi, Marxan, InVEST and other conservation tools. It is also a multi-objective tool that facilitates finding balanced solutions when working with multiple use agencies or communities to represent their socioeconomic values. Vista supports the full planning cycle from gathering expert knowledge and spatial data, finding patterns of value in the landscape/seascape, conducting scenario-based cumulative…

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 use of participatory spatial planning and for delivering results on the ground. In Chimpanzee habitat that occurs in village lands above Lake Tanganyika, the Jane Goodall Institute assessed their project situation using the steps of the Open Standards and realized some of their primary assumptions were misplaced and thus some strategies employed were less effective. Using participatory planning localized to each village community and with the aid of spatial mapping,…

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 results for developing outcome statements and indicators. It is part of a three volume set. Full citation: United States Agency for International Development. (2016). Defining Outcomes & Indicators for Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning in USAID Biodiversity Programming: An USAID Biodiversity How-To Guide. Environmental Incentives LLC. Washington DC, USA.Description: This how-to guide on defining outcomes and indicators for monitoring, evaluation, and learning uses the results chains developed in the USAID results…

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 logic model that focuses on expected results and the programmatic assumptions behind proposed strategic approaches. It is part of a three volume set. Full citation: United States Agency for International Development. (2016). Using Results Chains to Depict Theories of Change in USAID Biodiversity Programming: An USAID Biodiversity How-To Guide. Environmental Incentives LLC. Washington DC, USA.

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 three volume set. Full citation: United States Agency for International Development. (2016). Developing Situation Models in USAID Biodiversity Programming: An USAID Biodiversity How-To Guide. Environmental Incentives LLC. Washington DC, USA.

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 subsequent revisions. This document has been approved by the WWF Results Based Management Group on behalf of Conservation Committee. It will continue to be revised and improved over time. Click here to download the latest version of this document from OneWWF, the WWF Intranet or here to download it from the WWF website. Please address any comments to Will Beale.

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 approved by the Mongolian Department of Protected Areas Management. Over 30 staff were trained with the help of Tuugi (Tuguldur Enkhtsetseg) and Munkchuluun – the CCNet co-leads for Mongolia, as well as staff from CCNet global, including John Morrison.