Planning, evaluation and practice

The Open Standards framework

Framework

Adopt the Open Standards so your results chains and indicators match what funders expect

Open Standards coaching community

Framework

Get a trained coach to run your planning workshop rather than teaching yourself the framework

Adaptive management and evaluation training

Framework

Bring in adaptive management training when a team keeps repeating the same planning mistakes

Project planning and monitoring built on the Conservation Standards

Framework

Build the plan in software that enforces the Conservation Standards, then share it with partners

Evaluation toolkit for small and medium projects

Framework

Try the toolkit on a small project, checking the site loads before building a workshop around it

Learning-from-evidence resources

Framework

Read what the evidence actually says about four common strategies before choosing one

Values-mapping for conservationists

Framework

Run the survey with your team to surface value disagreements before they become project conflicts

Poverty and conservation tools, methods and small grants, hosted by IIED

Framework

Look for poverty and conservation methods, plus small grants, when the two goals pull apart

IUCN tools index

Framework

Browse the index when you know the problem but not what already exists to solve it

Ranking methods and Biotics

Framework

Use its ranking methods when a species lacks a global assessment but needs a defensible status

Guides on land conservation, easements and stewardship. Formerly ConservationTools.org

Framework

Take model legal documents for easements and stewardship, and search ConservationTools for old links

Landscape sustainability assessment

Framework

Assess sustainability at landscape scale when one site boundary misses the real drivers