1. Multi-Site Peer Learning:
A Tool to Improve Strategy and Management Effectiveness

2. Presentation Preview TNC Conservation Planning Approach
Efroymson Fellowship Program
Results/Benefits of Efroymson Approach

3. Conservation By Design

4. The Five-S Framework Systems Stresses Sources Strategies Success
Threat
Abatement
Restoration
Strategies
Success
Conservation Area Integrity
Threat Status & Abatement
Conservation Capacity

5. Recognizing that... people change, and plans change…
as time passes, scenarios change,
people change, and plans change…
How do we …
meet these challenges?
improve?
maximize positive results?

6. The Efroymson Approach
150 project sites to date
11 countries, 49 states
4-6 project groups
Theme-based “classes”

7. Efroymson Workshop Series Goals
“Credible first iteration” or “tune up”
Effective strategies to abate critical threats and enhance biodiversity health
Share lessons learned among network of conservation practitioners

8. Several multi-disciplinary project teams working concurrently

9. Structured approach using the “5-S” Framework
Select focal conservation targets
Assess viability of the targets
Determine critical threats
Develop effective strategies
Assess capacity for enduring conservation results

10. Iterative Approach Initial Plan Group Homework
Workshop Tasks/Activities
Refine Plan &Implement

11. Peer review & discussion with colleagues in a
“tough love” environment

12. Expert Guidance...
Bringing new tools to the table, new thinking, reality checks

13. Results? Revised conservation targets
New & improved viability assessments
Refined objectives
Development of new strategies
Updated plans
Increased partner capacity

14. Utility? - straight from the manager’s mouth...
Peer pressure
Integrating new thinking/perspectives
Experts “on call”
Builds network of practitioners
Partner participation
Learning from “failures”

15. Thank You