C2K FISCAL ANALYSIS 20032010

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Operationalizing Sustainable Ecoregion
Conservation Programs

Large Conservation Program Management Practitioner
s Workshop June 7 and 8, 2005
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WWFs Strategic GoalWhat is Large Conservation
Program Management (LCPM)?How will LCPM help
enable our Strategic Goal?What challenges do we
face?What has the LCPM initiative
accomplished?What have we learned?
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WWFs Strategic Goal to achieve sustainable
large-scale, integrated conservation programs.
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Place-Based Conservation Programs that are
Integrated and Leveraged
Local Communities/Local Governments
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Large Conservation Program Management

• A set of typical planning, management and
  monitoring elements, applied to very large,
  complex conservation programs
• Large Program Management techniques are commonly
  applied in business and in large government
  applications, like NASA

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How will LCPM help to achieve our strategic goal?

• It establishes a methodology and a tool set to
  take a program through planning, implementation
  and monitoring.
• It pilots, trains, and enables the organization
  to not only understand the process but also to
  implement it on a large scale

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What Defines Sustainable?(When are we done??)

• Conservation/Biodiversity
• Financial
• Social/Economic
• Government/Institutions

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How Do We Do This?

• Test the LCPM process through a set of pilot
  projects
• Build our capacity to scale up to and carry out
  highly complex, large-scale programs
• Roll out the planning, execution and management
  of these programs
• Learn to measure and monitor our performance and
  our results

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Brief history of LCPM Initiative

• Jim Leape and Larry Linden start initiative on
  large program management in 2000
• Private Sector Advisory Task Force forms, focuses
  on Amazon (2001)
• ARPA comprehensive financial plan (2002)
• Nepal TAL initial strategic planning (2002)
• First LCPM Field Guide (2003)
• Moore grant launch of this project (2004)

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Objectives of LCPM Initiative

• Test large program planning elements in field
• Nepal Terai Arc Landscape
• Mesoamerican Reef
• Four other field projects
• Build knowledge and tools from field work
• Integrate large program management practices with
  related efforts within WWF
• Use LCPM practices in WWF to build capacity to
  carry out large integrated programs

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Integration of LCPM into WWF Network Planning and
Management

• Consolidation of Project and Program Planning and
  Management Techniques
• Reconciliation with WWF-NL, WWF-UK and other WWF
  methods and processes
• Adoption of common Conservation Practice
  Standards across WWF

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WWF Conservation Practice Standards
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WWF Conservation Standards

• WWF Standards LCPM Elements
• Conceptualize Context
• Plan Vision, Threats
• Implement Strategies
• Analyze Partner Plan
• Adapt Funding Plan
• Share Financial Plan
• Iterate Financial Controls
• Mitigate Risks
• Report, Revise

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Current Focus of LCPM Initiative
Initial and current focus of field projects is
comprehensive financial planning

• Additional areas of focus and field work
• Program Implementation Management
• Staff and Leadership Capacity
• Partner Coordination and Management
• Learning, Sharing, Training

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Current Focus of LCPM Initiative

• 1) Ongoing field work
• Nepal, MAR, ARPA follow up
• Madagascar Foundation
• Congo Basin Forest Partnership (TRIDOM
  Landscape)
• Gulf of CA fisheries management
• 2) Ongoing Integration of WWF planning and
  management processes

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Current Focus of LCPM Initiative

• 3) Support WWFUS Transition
• Part of Global Support center
• Build capacity for field programs
• 4) Overarching goal Operationalize
  large-scale, integrated programs

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Field Project Summary

• Current (and previous) field work
• ARPA
• Nepal TAL
• MAR
• New field work starting this year
• Madagascar Foundation for PAs
• Congo (CBFP) TRIDOM Landscape
• Gulf of California Fishery Management

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Long-term conservation at scale in the Brazilian
Amazon

• Adriana Moreira, World Bank
• Matthew Perl, WWF
• June 2005

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A Landscape Based Conservation Strategy

• Adopt an encompassing concept of Protected
  Area, that includes strict protection,
  sustainable use, indigenous lands and private
  lands.
• Create new protected areas using a science based
  approach and seizing opportunities.
• Engage local population through extensive
  consultation processes for defining location and
  type of PA.
• Maintain dialogue and open communication with and
  within Federal, State and Municipal governments.
• Build partnerships of government, non-government
  and private sectors.

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ARPA - Progress since LCPM Field Work

• Comprehensive Financial Plan developed in 2002
• Sustainable Funding Plan in place and campaign
  for 390 M (150 M direct, 240 M endowment)
• Raised 85 M of goal
• Exceeding Phase I goals

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ARPA Phase I Targets 2002 - 2007

• Create and establish 18 million hectares of new
  protected areas (9 million SP, 9 million SU)
• Improve management of 7 million hectares of
  paper parks existing prior to ARPA
• Establish the endowment fund (60 million)

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Results to Date ARPA will surpass the Phase I
targets for creation of new protected areas
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• Building a Financial and Sustainable Funding Plan
  for the MAR PAs Network

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Landscape and area description
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Objectives

• Develop a comprehensive funding and financial
  plan for the protection of the MAR coastal and
  marine Protected Areas system.
• Use the plan as a fundraising tool to support the
  MAR coastal and marine PAs system
• Deliver the financial plan and the sustainable
  funding plan as part of the Tulum8 Summit.

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Mesoamerican Reef (MAR) - Progress and results

• Operationalize part of Ecoregion Plan (fund
  entire PA network)
• Comprehensive Financial Plan
• Sustainable Funding Plan
• Begin fund raising in 2005
• Expand work to operationalize the rest of the
  Ecoregion Plan

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Results
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Results
Total costs Assumptions regional management
percentage is 20 inflation is 5 Two phases
consolidation (80) and full operation 10 years
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TERAI ARC LANDSCAPE NEPALOperationalizing
Large Scale Conservation
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TAL VISION
A globally unique landscape where biodiversity is
conserved, ecological integrity is safeguarded,
and sustainable livelihoods of its people are
secured.
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OVERARCHING THEME OF TAL
Forests
Local People
Wildlife
Partners
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The Background forTAL Strategic Plan

• TAL STRATEGIC PLAN an approach for Conservation
  and development
• Ownership of the process and product taken by the
  government
• A multi-stakeholder Core Team lead by the Chief
  Planning and Human Resource Division of Ministry
  of Forests and Soil Conservation formed
• Core Team represented by major partners like
  UNDP, USAID, DFID, SNV and WWF
• WWF worked as Member Secretary to the Core Team

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Developing TAL Broad Strategies

• The process of developing the TAL-SP is
  participatory in nature, involving local,
  regional and national stakeholders and partners.
• TAL-SP development is build on existing policies,
  experience and information
• Primarily focused to address the outcomes of Root
  Causes Analysis (RCA) for biodiversity loss and
  environmental degradation

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TAL Strategic Plan
Terai Arc Landscape Nepal Strategic Plan was
endorsed by His Majestys Government of Nepal on
February 12, 2004
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Strategic Plan Implementation

• Partnership Plan
• Implementation Mechanism
• Monitoring mechanism
• Partners identification
• Partnerships for program and funding
• Communication strategy
• Business Plan
• Targets and Costing
• Sustainable Funding Plan

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TAL Plan Development Process

• Ownership of the process and product taken by the
  government
• A multi-stakeholder Core Team lead by the Chief
  Planning and Human Resource Division of Ministry
  of Forests and Soil Conservation re-formed
• Core Team represented by major partners like
  UNDP, USAID, DFID, SNV and WWF and additional
  members BISEP-ST and LFP
• WWF worked as Member Secretary to the Core Team
• TAL Core Team is getting LPM technical support
  from WWF US and IBM business process consultants

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Results

• Total Cost for the Program Calculated at 196.78
  million US (Working figure) including
  management and monitoring costs
• Total does not include annual recurring costs
• Total Contribution by Partners Calculated at 14
  million US (Working figure)
• Preliminary Financial Gap Analysis by Activities
  by Year
• Prioritization (Criteria under discussion)
• Extrapolation of Partners contribution for rest
  of the years (under discussion)

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What we have learned -- Other lessons from our
field work

• Lesson One Large program management techniques
  take us from vision and strategies into
  implementation and management
• Lesson Two Many of our largest programs have
  already identified vision, context, threats,
  broad strategies in an ecoregion action plan.
• Lesson Three Stakeholder buy in and governance
  are critical to success

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What we have learned -- Other lessons from our
field work

• Lesson Four The data gathering stage always
  takes considerable planning and effort
• Lesson Five LCPM planning and management
  elements are not necessarily sequential but all
  elements are essential for success
• Lesson Six Although LCPM takes significant time
  and resources, it is important to achieve short
  term progress in parallel

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What we have learned -- Other lessons from our
field work

• Lesson Seven Management and monitoring costs are
  significant and need to be clearly defined
• Lesson Eight This kind of planning requires a
  significant investment of staff and resources

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Building Capacity for the WWF Strategic Goal

• Use a structured methodology (LCPM)
• Build planning teams with full skill sets
• Provide adequate resources support
• Budget enough time for all planning elements

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Next Steps?