1. Engaging partners in the KBA process July 26, 2006 Lessons Learned from Building the China Ecopartners Network Philip Chou, China Program Officer

2. Partnership Building Provide technical assistance – build capacity on database creation and management Coalition building and Consensus Building – workshops and presentations Individualized contact – informal review meetings

3. Strategy Start small and move in incremental steps Create group ownership Create positive influence geared toward conservation action

4. Promoting Data Sharing Creating synergy amongst partners so that A + B > A + B (the sum is greater than the parts) Move in a strategic step by step fashion Build credibility amongst partners

5. Enlarge database step by step New database New database … … The bigger the database, the more attractive

6. What is a Data Sharing Network Data Collectors Data Analyzers Data Users/Policy Makers Nature reserve staff, Scientific institute Inventory Survey; birders tourist …  Policy maker lacking info.  Data collectors without clear objective  Data Analyzers without data  Resource wasted on existing data Local government, Nature reserve Conservation NGO Scientific Institute … Local government, Nature reserve Conservation NGO Solved Data sharing B C D E A

7. Refine conservation outcomes (2004/4 – 2006/9) Define Conservation Outcomes Outcome Monitoring Through （ SW China Eco-partners ） CCICED /IOZ.CA S CI China Peking University CIB.CAS Sichuan Forest Academy Harvard University Sichuan University GAA IBA Yunnan Forest Departm ent SouthWest Forestry University WWF TNCPA … … Effective Policy & Action

8. Major Achievements: Major Achievements: Eco-partners in SW China “This is a real good beginning for all of us to measure whether our efforts in conservation in Southwest China are effective ” Reported by “China Daily” 04/22/2005 page13 37 persons signed the Data Sharing Protocols, As individual or represent their institute First time in this region to show the strong will of Sharing data. First time to identify indicators to measure success in China. Main challenge 2: Need lots of resource to maintain

9. Next step China Blueprint TNC/SEPA/GEF Birdlife IBAs Refined IBAs and will meet to validate and collaborate County Level Analysis for Entire Nation A start for BIAs and major developmemt IBAT Corporate engagement tool TNC “ Blue Print ” Using KBA methods Workshop for standard monitoring methodology Survey and integrate more information on freshwater (watershed), and plants Work towards identification of Landscape level targets (watershed)