CONSERVATION PLANNING WORKS!

A new study led by our IUCN SSC Conservation Planning Specialist Group (CPSG) colleague, demonstrates the impact of conservation action following science-based, participatory approaches to species conservation planning.

For the group of species studied, the overall extinction trend slowed after planning and was reversed within 15 years. While the observed change was undoubtedly driven by the sustained efforts of many dedicated individuals, working on the ground in 23 countries and over a 30-year period, the study points to CPSG planning events as a valuable turning point in these efforts, supporting stakeholders to transition rapidly to more  effective ways of working together. 

The article, Science-based, stakeholder-inclusive and participatory conservation planning helps reverse the decline of threatened species, is published in Biological Conservation.

“An integrative, multi-stakeholder approach to species conservation planning, which includes population viability analyses and both in situ and ex situ management consideration, could improve outcomes for some of the most challenging cases”

The Canadian Species Initiative is working to bring these globally recognized and proven processes to species recovery in Canada, while serving CPSG’s Regional Resource Centre here in Canada.

The Canadian Species Initiative: Bringing Global Tools to Species Recovery in Canada, Starting with Snakes! (Excerpt from The Canadian Herpetologist Vol. 10, No. 1 Fall 2020)

The Plight of the Loggerhead Shrike: A One-Plan Approach to Saving an Iconic Grassland Bird in North America. Animal Keeper’s Forum 46, 153-157.