Is Our Project Succeeding?

This guide describes the Threat Reduction Assessment (TRA) approach – a low-cost, practical alternative for assessing conservation project success.  It is based on data collected through simple techniques, directly related to project interventions, and readily...

Sustainability through Computing

Bill Tomlinson’s book, Greening Through IT: Information Technology for Environmental Sustainability promotes the use of informatics to help us live greener lives. This book review by Nick Salafsky suggests that the book could be enhanced by following interactive...

Monitoring for Management of Protected Areas

This manual is one of eight modules developed by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the American Museum of Natural History for training protected area staff in Laos.  The manual describes how to apply the Open Standards by monitoring conservation targets, threats...

Monitoring Wildlife Populations for Management

This manual is one of eight modules developed by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the American Museum of Natural History for training protected area staff in Laos.  The manual draws off of the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation and provides basic...