integrating human wellbeing in the open standards

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Integrating Human Wellbeing in the Open StandardsGuidance and Innovations

Presenters: Daniel Hayden (Rare) and Caroline Stem (FOS)

CCNet Rally, April 30, 2013

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Agenda and OutcomesAgenda• Background on human well being• Broad Overview of What’s In the

Open Standards• So, What Now??• Question and Answer• Description of Working Group

Activity• Speed Round Presentations

Outcomes:• Participants will gain an understanding

of the concepts in the CMP guidance on human wellbeing targets

• Participants will practice with and learn how to apply the guidance

• Participants will learn about real-world application of the guidance, what worked, what didn’t, and what teams learned in applying it

• Organizers will solicit commitments from participants to test the guidance and share feedback to improve and adapt it over time

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Agenda

• Background• Broad Overview of What’s In the Open

Standards• So, What Now??• Question and Answer• Description of Working Group Activity• Speed Round Presentations

Cross Organizational Collaboration

• CMP working group from Summit 2010 • Working group follow up in September 2011

(FOS staff, Judy Boshoven, and Judy Braus)

• FOS lab meeting – October 2011 (Amielle DeWan, Cristina Lasch, Estuardo Secaira, John Morrison, Judy Boshoven, Tess Present & FOS)

• Working group from Measures Summit 2011 Produced revisions to OS (accepted May 2012), developed guidance (accepted June 2012)

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Are Conservationist Misanthropes?

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What People Have Been Saying• There is no way we can work here

without addressing or recognizing human needs

• We have to prove to our constituency that there is a benefit to them beyond biodiversity

• Open Standards do not work in complex social situations

How We Have Dealt with ItClarified how strategies are often social in nature and done in service of conservation

How We Have Dealt with It

Conservation targets with a single link over to human wellbeing targets

How We Have Dealt with ItEcosystem services as human

wellbeing targets

Ecosystem Services as factors between conservation and human wellbeing targets


Human wellbeing target in direct conflict with conservation


Socioeconomic indicators, other factors outside conservation

domain


Ad hoc Approaches Are Not Sufficient

• Repeated requests for greater clarity about relationships between conservation and human wellbeing targets

• Funding sources are increasingly insisting upon a link between people and nature

• Not making strong cases across stakeholders

• Opportunities for strengthening projects

• Clarity of language and concepts• Strengthening of the Open Standards• Opportunities for learning across

projects

Opportunity through Consistency

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Topics


Standards• So, What Now??• Question and Answer• Description of Working Group Activity

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1. Explicit recognition and definition of Human Wellbeing within OS

2. Link to conservation targets via ecosystem services

3. Socially beneficial results and human wellbeing targets are not the same

4. Parameters for HWT goals

What Is in OS Version 3.0Four Key Elements Clarifying Links

The OS does not proscribe that you do human wellbeing, but if you do it proscribes how to do it

1. Explicit recognition and definition of Human Wellbeing within OS

Human wellbeing target definition: Aspects of human wellbeing that the project chooses to focus on. In the context of a conservation project, human wellbeing targets focus on those components of human wellbeing affected by the status of conservation targets. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment defines human wellbeing as including:

1) Necessary material for a good life2) Health3) Good social relations4) Security5) Freedom and choice

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1. (continued) Explicit recognition and definition of Human Wellbeing within OS

If adding HWT, do so in Step 1D, Complete Situation Analysis

Human wellbeing is achieved via ecosystem services provided by functioning conservation

targets Services that intact, functioning ecosystems, species, and habitats provide and that can benefit people

2. Link to conservation targets via ecosystem services

3. Socially beneficial results and HWTs are not the same

Result directly benefiting humans

Specific Example

General Relationship

Loggers get more money for

certified products

Eco-certification of timber

harvesting

Case 1: HWB enhanced via socially-oriented strategy

Ecosystem service results contributing to human wellbeing

Case 2: HWB enhanced via ecosystem services


Specific ExamplePatrolling happens…

Illegal loggers caught & fined

Access to timber over long term

Illegal logging declines

Improved filtering capacity

Availability of clean water

Forestry livelihoods

Strengthening of law

enforcement

Human health

Forest conserved

3. Socially beneficial results and HWTs are not the same

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4. (continued) Parameters for Human Wellbeing Goals• If a team sets HWT goals, they should be clearly

dependent upon the status of the conservation target(s) and/or the ecosystem services they provide

• So, NO to goals related to reducing HIV infection or decreasing cholesterol levels

• But, YES to goals related to access to food sources because conserved biological targets are improving crop pollination services

If it matters, measure it. If you don’t manage it, don’t measure it.

Why We Should Use a Common Approach to Address Human Wellbeing• Create clarity about relationship between

conservation and human wellbeing and about what teams are trying to achieve

• Improves the Open Standards• Speak a common language, compare across

projects, and learn from one another• Prove that we are not misanthropes

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Human Wellbeing – How To in Four Essential Steps

Address within Situation Analysis (Step 1D)1. Determine whose wellbeing you are interested in2. Identify ecosystem services affected by conservation target

status (MA categories) and link to conservation targets3. Identify human wellbeing targets and link to ecosystem services4. Be clear about socially beneficial results and human wellbeing

targets5. If relevant, identify key attributes of human wellbeing and set

human wellbeing goals6. If relevant, identify indicators for ecosystem services and/or

human wellbeing

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1. Determine Whose Wellbeing

• Whose wellbeing are we actually targeting? • Thematic (example: all parties along a

particular supply chain?) • Geographic (example: all people that live

within the Scope of the project? Wider? Global?)

• What about future generations?

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2. Identify Ecosystem ServicesType Definition Examples

Provisioning Products obtained from ecosystems Food, fuelwood, water, minerals, pharmaceuticals, biochemicals, energy

Regulating Benefits obtained from regulation of ecosystem processes

Carbon sequestration, climate regulation, waste decomposition, water/air purification, crop pollination, pest control

Supporting Services necessary for production of all other ecosystem services

Nutrient dispersal & cycling, seed dispersal, soil formation

Cultural Non-material benefits obtained from ecosystems through spiritual enrichment, cognitive development, reflection, recreation, and aesthetic experiences

Cultural diversity, spiritual & religious values, knowledge systems, educational values, inspiration

Framework is for brainstorming! Actual categories do not matter – just clarity on what an ecosystem service is

Source: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

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2. Identify Ecosystem Services

Identifying your ecosystem services and human wellbeing targets is often a parallel and iterative process

Timber sources & productsEucalyptus

Woodlands

Eucalyptus Woodlands

Fringing Shrublands

Blue Billed Ducks

Permanent Lakes

Water flow regulation

Populations of ducks for viewing

Water for drinking

Regulating

Regulating

Provisioning

Cultural

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• Necessary material for a good life: including secure and adequate livelihoods, income and assets, enough food at all times, shelter, furniture, clothing, and access to goods;

• Health: including being strong, feeling well, and having a healthy physical environment;

• Good social relations: including social cohesion, mutual respect, good gender and family relations, and the ability to help others and provide for children;

• Security: including secure access to natural and other resources, safety of person and possessions, and living in a predictable and controllable environment with security from natural and human-made disasters; and

• Freedom and choice: including having control over what happens and being able to achieve what a person values doing or being

3. Identify Human Wellbeing Targets

Again, framework is for brainstorming! Actual categories do not matter – just clarity on what a human wellbeing target is

Source: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

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Timber sources & productsEucalyptus

Woodlands

Eucalyptus Woodlands

Fringing Shrublands

Blue Billed Ducks

Permanent Lakes

Unpredictable water flow regulation

Limited populations of

ducks for viewing

Pollutants in water

Spiritual health

Forestry dependent livelihoods

Security from

natural disasters

Tourism dependent livelihoods

Physical health


Necessary material

Necessary material

Security

Health

Health

4. Be clear about socially beneficial results and human wellbeing targets

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Specific Example



certified products

Eco-certification of timber

harvesting


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Conservation Strategy Results benefiting humans (and necessary for achieving conservation)

Alternative livelihoods Increased incomeDiversified income sources

Eco-certification Access to niche marketsIncreased income

Sustainable resource management/ extraction

Improved ability to manage resources sustainablyIncreased yields (in some cases)

Improving governance Increased ability to influence decision makingEmpowerment

Capacity building, technical assistance

Improved technical skillsImproved ability to manage

Environmental education Increased knowledge and awareness



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Case 2: HWB enhanced via ecosystem services


Specific Example

Boat owners educated;

Clean boats after each outing

Fish available for sports fishing

Reduction in introduction/ spread of NZ

mudsnail

Fish available for consumption

Tourism livelihoods

Prevention of New Zealand

mudsnail introduction

Human health

Freshwater fish &

invertebrates


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Case 3: HWB enhanced via multiple avenues


Specific Example


certified products

Eco-certification

of timber harvesting

Result also contributing to human wellbeing

Access to timber over long term

Improved filtering capacity

Availability of clean water

Human health

Forestry livelihoods


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Choose one of the following 2 slides for goals (or add your own):

For both, I would make the point that your goal has to be directly related to an ecosystem service provided that improves HWB. What do you all think? If we use Slide 42, is it useful to have 2 examples? I’m on the fence, but I lean toward keeping 2 just to give people more examples of what this looks like

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We’re not covering goals, but keep in mind…

• Reliable access to natural areas/wildlife in good condition

• Supply of tourists interested in nature tourism• Access to markets, right contacts• Good business acumen

• Access to clean water in sufficient quantity• Access to clean air • Access to areas for recreation• Access to good quality health care

XX X

X

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Goals:

By 2030 and thereafter, fewer than 10 cases of water-borne diseases are

recorded annually within the region

By 2030 and thereafter, damage to homes and farms from drought and

flooding has decreased by at least 75%, compared to 2010 levels

We’re not covering goals, but keep in mind…

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Take-Away Points

• Human wellbeing targets achieved via ecosystem services provided by functioning conservation targets

• BUT conservation strategies can also directly improve human wellbeing

Loggers get more money for certified

products

Eco-certification of

timber harvesting

Increased stocks of commercial

fish

Fish. Depdt LivelihoodsSalmon

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Take-Away Points

• If relevant, add HWT during your situation analysis

• It doesn’t matter what framework you use for brainstorming ecosystem services or HWTs – but, be clear about the difference and relationships

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Question and Answer

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Working Group Activity• Objective: Practices by using human wellbeing targets through an actual

example• Output: Human wellbeing targets incorporated into a results chain• Process:

– Review Concept model– Create Results Chains– Discuss:

• Why you chose to present human wellbeing this way• What are the consequences of this approach (pro/cons)• Implications for your conservation project

• Time: 100 Min– 30 Concept model– 60 Results chains– 10 min reflections

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Tropical Forest Exercise

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Illustrative: Marine Concept Model

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Agenda


Standards• So, What Now??• Question and Answer• Description of Working Group Activity• Speed Round Presentations

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Did We Achieve Our Desired Outcomes?

Participants will gain an understanding of the concepts in the CMP guidance on human wellbeing targets

Participants will practice with and learn how to apply the guidance

Participants will learn about real-world application of the guidance, what worked, what didn’t, and what teams learned in applying it

Organizers will solicit commitments from participants to test the guidance and share feedback to improve and adapt it over time

What’s Next?Thank You

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