Central Africa Regional Program for the Environment

Presentation 6

IUCN World Parks CongressStream 5 Side EventNovember 14, 2014Sydney, Australia

ARE WE MAKING A DIFFERENCE -FIVE MEASURES TO ASSESS OUR CONSERVATION IMPACTDavid WilkieDirector, Conservation Science and Solutions WCS

WCS 5 MEASURE DASHBOARD

Indicator species

Habitat quality

Illegal resource use

Resource governance

Local livelihoods

Click a gauge for more information

A CLEAR THEORY OF CHANGE

SpeciesTargets

HabitatTargets

Direct threats are reduced or

abated

Resource management is more effective

Resource governance systems are

strengthened

Economic incentives for sustainable

resource management are increased

Strategic actions and investments

Measure 1Species Patch

Occupancy

Measure 2Cover

Change

Measure 3SMART law

enforcement index

Measure 5Local

livelihood index

Measure 4Governance

index

BOTH IMPACT & EFFECTIVENESS

• Impact measures• Do we see positive

trends in the status of the things we care about?

• Effectiveness measures• Can we attribute

observed status trends to WCS actions and investments?

• Can we better understand what works and what does not?

POWER OF 5 MEASURES

Affordable

Flexible

Scalable

1

2

3

Good enough

Repeatable4

5

Uses industry standard methods

SPECIES – PATCH OCCUPANCY

LossPresenceGain

Time 0 Time 2Time 1

Target Results Measures

Conservation of wildlife and

critical ecosystems

Wildlife patch occupancy

Habitat and ecological integrity

Improved natural resource

governance

Management effectiveness

Resource governance

Greater security and prosperity for local people

Human well-being

HABITAT - COVER

LossCoverGainTime 0

Time 2

Time 1

Target Results Measures

Conservation of wildlife and

critical ecosystems

Wildlife patch occupancy

Habitat and ecological integrity

Improved natural resource

governance

Management effectiveness

Resource governance

Greater security and prosperity for local people

Human well-being

THREATS – SMART LEM

Target Results Measures

Conservation of wildlife and

critical ecosystems

Wildlife patch occupancy

Habitat and ecological integrity

Improved natural resource

governance

Management effectiveness

Resource governance

Greater security and prosperity for local people

Human well-being

GOVERNANCE

Evaluating authority, capacity and power to govern

Target Results Measures

Conservation of wildlife and

critical ecosystems

Wildlife patch occupancy

Habitat and ecological integrity

Improved natural resource

governance

Management effectiveness

Resource governance

Greater security and prosperity for local people

Human well-being

LOCAL LIVELIHOODS

UN “Poverty is a lack of

basic necessities”Target Results Measures

Conservation of wildlife and

critical ecosystems

Wildlife patch occupancy

Habitat and ecological integrity

Improved natural resource

governance

Management effectiveness

Resource governance

Greater security and prosperity for local people

Human well-being

Basic Necessities Survey• Locally defined• Easy to measure• Maps onto World Bank metrics

5 MEASURES

“Imperfect but good enough”

Thank You.Learn more about WCS andthe World Parks Congress. wpc.wcs.orgdwilkie@wcs.org