Convening Partners to Define the Landscape of the Future: Steps toward multi-partner Landscape Conservation Design June 2015 Steering Committee Workshop

Vision Landscapes capable of sustaining natural and cultural resources for current and future generations.

Partners ARE the Cooperative the decision-makers the data providers the implementers CLCC is a new way of doing conserv a bridging entity a convening forum a place for social learning a place to foster synergism A place to ask… how can we help each other succeed? What are our common goals? What is the CLCC? The CLCC is NOT a cash-cow

A movement from isolated efforts and random acts of conservation…. To intentional and collaborative conservation toward common goals What are our common goals? FS PLN DNER FWS-ES NOAA Research Community

CLCC Science: Where We’re At Science strategy: Mission Alignment– Articulating a common set of shared priorities, building partnerships, common knowledge, and a framework for specific objectives. Science strategy– Identifying surrogate resources and ecological, social, and economic indicators, developing spatially-explicit representation of priority resources, drivers, vulnerabilities, and capacities in current and future scenarios, and developing targets for indicator resources. Science strategy– A roadmap for collaboratively linking conservation action with spatially-explicit conservation and adaptation strategies, and for monitoring outcomes and adapting our collective response.

CLCC Science: Where We’re At Science Plan: Mission Alignment – Articulating a common set of shared priorities, building partnerships, common knowledge, and a framework for specific objectives. Science Plan – Identifying surrogate resources and ecological, social, and economic indicators, developing spatially-explicit representation of priority resources, drivers, vulnerabilities, and capacities in current and future scenarios, and developing targets for indicator resources. Science Plan – A roadmap for collaboratively linking conservation action with spatially-explicit conservation and adaptation strategies, and for monitoring outcomes and adapting our collective response.

Structured Design Making (SDM) Approach for Shaping CLCC Conservation Planning SDM approach provides a framework for developing resource indicators and actions to reach targets within landscape design SDM will facilitate and promote the purposeful collaborative co-production of conservation Transparent and defensible – the “whys” are all clearly defined All stakeholders *especially managers* included in process = co-production and better assures applicable science and use

Value-driven Landscape Design Digs deep to evaluate the “why” to provide context for conservation design Transcend organizational boundaries and limitations – finds commonality Allow / facilitate partners to see their roles in the larger scheme

Landscape Conservation Design (LCD) -- is a partnership driven adaptive learning process that integrates societal values and multi-sector interests with the best available science to assess spatial and temporal patterns, risks, and opportunities; resulting in spatially explicit products and coordinated strategies that protect biodiversity and ecosystem services, and increase the resilience and sustainability of social ecological systems for future generations (Campellone et al. in prep). 1.Agreement on common goals 2.Multi-disciplinary design team consisting of scientists, managers, policy-makers from all relevant sectors 3.Partners committed to implementation and delivery

Today’s Landscape Conservation Design Recognizes that modern threats and vulnerabilities too large to tackle locally – Require a landscape scale perspective Recognizes that individual conservation efforts are no longer sufficient – Need to develop synergies based on complementary strengths Recognizes that decisions and actions must be based on multi- organizational shared visions and objectives – Must be coordinated to avoid “random acts of conservation” Recognizes the importance of cultural and socio-economic needs and engagement in landscape-scale conservation

Land and Seascape Conservation: Creating our Legacy Who? What? Where? Why? When? How? How much? Who? What? Where? Why? When? How? How much?

Scenario Assessments Conservation objective (1) Conservation objective (2) Conservation objective (3) Conservation objective (n) Indicator(s) & targets Support layers Science needs & conservation actions 1 Science needs & conservation actions Science needs & conservation actions Science needs & conservation actions 2 3 n Conservation Strategy el CAMPO SC via SDM process CATs

Resource Management/Conservation USFWSObj1Activity1Activity2Obj2NOAAObj1Obj2PR DNRObj1Obj2Activity1TNCObj1Obj2Activity1 Slide from E. Bean and J. Collazo, 2011

1. Can a new model for conservation be developed such that these activities as a whole provide more accountability, efficiency and added value? USFWSObj1Activity1Activity2Obj2NOAAObj1Obj2PR DNRObj1Obj2Activity1TNCObj1Obj2Activity1 Slide from E. Bean and J. Collazo, 2011

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Objective X. Define what needs done and by who FS PLN DNER FWS-ES NOAA Research Community

Participation iCAPP framework for LCD Campellone et al. in prep.

Participation PrOACT as a tool to achieve LCD SC CATs

Workshop Expectations We “get on the same page” in terms of the problem we’re jointly addressing – SC members influence one another guided by coaches to agree on problem Develop a set of actionable objectives based on shared values and priorities – Define the work the staff with coordinate and CATs will undertake We discuss some alternative strategies to address our objectives

Workshop Expectations This will not be your typical workshop – The agenda is tentative = prepare to be flexible – We need to accomplish “A” before moving onto “B” Decision coaches not facilitators Staff available to clarify and provide support Daily closing: what’s your connection to what we achieved today?

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