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Prescribed burning in the taiga: A collaborative learning approach
The vast Western Taiga forests are home to a unique array of fire-dependent species. But...
Standard Lexicon for Area-Based Conservation 1.0
The foundation of both effective policy and science is having a standard lexicon of terms...
Outdoor recreation planning and management in protected areas
At a time when more and more people are heading out to explore and connect...
FOS at ICCB 2023
Foundations of Success is gearing up for the SCB's 31st International Congress for Conservation Biology...
Climate-Smart Conservation Practice: Using the Conservation Standards to Address Climate Change
This guidance is intended to support practitioners undertaking conservation planning in the face of the...
Evidence-based learning to improve conservation impact
The conservation community needs smarter and more successful actions to improve the impact of its...
Are you making an impact? – How to pause, reflect, and adapt to achieve your goals
Pausing to reflect and adapt is a cornerstone of adaptive management. As a tool for...
Taking Conservation to Scale: a Learning Network
The magnitude of the environmental issues we are collectively facing today means that we can...
Remembering Tom Lovejoy
Foundations of Success (FOS) would like to honor the memory of Tom Lovejoy who died...
International research and professional partnerships for conservation impact
We are very excited to share FOSer Arlyne Johnson’s contribution to a Perspectives article for...
Webinars on MPA network design and management
This free webinar will introduce the Framework and Method for MPA Network Design and Management,...
MPA Network Design and Management: the Swedish Framework and Guidance
The marine conservation challenge Goals for marine protection are becoming increasingly ambitious, from the Aichi...
How FOS Europe offsets its travel emissions
Although we strive to minimise our travel, our work at FOS Europe sometimes requires travelling...
Publication on Strategic Partnerships – an effective approach to scaling up conservation impact
Given the complexity of conservation issues that need to be addressed, most of us will...
MAVA Adaptive Management Guidance
In 2016, the MAVA foundation changed its way of working entirely, in an attempt to...
Jurisdictional sourcing: Leveraging commodity supply chains to reduce tropical deforestation at scale
There is growing interest in using jurisdictional sourcing (JS) as a hybrid that combines the...
Blueprints for Key Conservation Strategies
We’re launching a series of blueprints, or generic theories of change (ToCs), for key conservation...
Planning for Conservation: A Conservation Standards How-To Guide
This guide, found here, provides detailed information on taking steps to assess the situation and...
Self-evaluation – a powerful tool for improving conservation impact
True impact in conservation is not achieved by scoring results and writing success stories, but...
The Conservation Standards and Ecosystem-based Adaptation
Worldwide, rural communities are using ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) to harness biodiversity and ecosystem services to...
Standing with the Black Community
Black lives matter. The murders of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and...
Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary – Celebrating Conservation Standards Courses at UW-Madison’s Nelson Institute
The Nelson Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison was inspired by Gaylord Nelson, a U.S....
Improving Conservation, virtually
We’re thinking of you and your family in this time of uncertainty. Many of us...Evaluation of The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Gulf of California Subprogram: Summary of Results Chains Developed and Used for Evaluation
This document is a stand-alone summary of the results chains developed and used for a...Assessment of the Conservation Measures Partnership’s effort to improve conservation outcomes through adaptive management
"Conservation practice has demonstrated an increasing desire for accountability of actions, particularly with respect to...Lessons from the Field December 2017
Learn more about Proyecto Tití, their use of adaptive management, and their ability to make the most...
Designing Monitoring and Evaluation Approaches: An FOS How-To Guide
This "how-to" guidance document provides high-level guidance on designing monitoring and evaluation approaches for conservation...FOS 2016 Organizational Scorecard Summary Report
Foundations of Success (FOS) is committed to adaptive management. We have made this scorecard report...Decision Support Frameworks and Tools for Conservation
The practice of conservation occurs within complex socioecological systems fraught with challenges that require transparent,...
Conservation Enterprises: Using a Theory of Change Approach to Examine Evidence for Biodiversity Conservation
In this brief, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Economic Growth,...
Conservation Enterprises: Using a Theory of Change Approach to Synthesize Lessons from USAID Biodiversity Projects
In an effort to increase the understanding of conservation enterprises’ activities and outcomes and to...
Cross-Site Learning Agenda for Conservation Enterprises
This learning agenda explores the conditions under which conservation enterprise strategies are successful in achieving...To protect or neglect? Design, monitoring, and evaluation of a law enforcement strategy to recover small populations of wild tigers and their prey
Although law enforcement is frequently used to protect tigers and their prey, the conditions under...Incorporating Social Aspects and Human Wellbeing in Biodiversity Conservation Projects
Conservation is inevitably a social undertaking. As such, many conservation teams feel compelled to address...Developing High-Level Work Plans and Budgets: An FOS How-To Guide
This "how-to" guidance document shows how to use a strategic plan, developed in Steps 1...OS Self-Paced Tutorial
This curriculum is a three-module (12 lesson), self-paced, online training program geared towards teaching Steps...Standard Measures of Effectiveness and Threats for Wildlife Conservation in Central Africa
This document provides guidance for US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) applicants for standard measures...Results Chains: A Tool for Conservation Action Design, Management, & Evaluation
In recent years, conservation project managers, teams, and organizations have found themselves under increasing pressure...Axios Delta Strategic Plan
This report presents a recommended strategic plan for the Axios Delta in Greece. It provides...Addressing Social Results and Human Wellbeing Targets in Conservation Projects
Conservation is inevitably a social undertaking. As such, many conservation teams feel compelled to address...Monitoring the Conservation of Fish and Wildlife in the Northeast
This report presents a framework designed to demonstrate the effectiveness of State Wildlife Grant-funded conservation...Case Studies of Watershed Valuation in Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico
This report shares findings from case studies on TNC-supported watershed valuation work in Latin America....
Conceptualizing and Planning Conservation Projects and Programs
We suggest that teams use our updated, online how-to guidance found here. This new tool...Design Alternatives for Evaluating the Impact of Conservation Projects
This chapter discusses a range of design options to evaluate conservation interventions and the different...Is Our Project Succeeding?
This guide describes the Threat Reduction Assessment (TRA) approach - a low-cost, practical alternative for...Sustainability through Computing
Bill Tomlinson's book, Greening Through IT: Information Technology for Environmental Sustainability promotes the use of...Monitoring for Management of Protected Areas
This manual is one of eight modules developed by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the...Monitoring Wildlife Populations for Management
This manual is one of eight modules developed by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the...Gibbons as landscape species: strategic planning for primate conservation in Lao PDR
This paper provides a field example of applying all steps of the open standards to...Medidas de Éxito
Esta publicación es una reconocida guía sobre el diseño, planificación, e implementación de proyectos de...Experiencias de Costa Rica en la Implementación de las Servidumbres Ecológicas
Este estudio de caso presenta las experiencias de un esfuerzo colaborativo de aprendizaje cuyo propósito...Rendimiento Máximo
En años recientes, la agricultura sostenible ha sido promocionada como una herramienta eficaz para reducir...Experiencias de México y Ecuador en la Implementación de las Servidumbres Ecológicas
Este estudio de caso presenta las experiencias de un esfuerzo colaborativo de aprendizaje cuyo propósito...Integrating development with conservation: A means to a conservation end, or a mean end to conservation?
This article proposes that there are three options for integrating human socio-economic development into its...Measuring the Effectiveness of State Wildlife Grants
This report describes a framework and measures for assessing the effectiveness of actions supported under...A Standard Lexicon for Biodiversity Conservation: Unified Classifications of Threats and Actions
An essential foundation of any science is a standard lexicon. If project teams want to...Experiences from Ecuador and Mexico with the Implementation of Conservation Easements
This case study shares experiences in a collaborative learning effort to better understand the conditions...Experiences from Costa Rica with the Implementation of Conservation Easements
This case study shares experiences in a collaborative learning effort to better understand the conditions...What Conservation Can Learn from Other Fields about Monitoring and Evaluation
This article provides a high level summary of lessons and principles from the Measuring Conservation...IUCN-CMP Unified Classicfication of Conservation Actions
This report introduces the IUCN-CMP Classification of Conservation Actions with background information and a description...In Good Company: Effective Alliances for Conservation
This report uses quantitative methods to evaluate the performance and effectiveness of organizational alliances in...
