Maximizing Conservation Effectiveness Across Boundaries

Envisioning what systematic performance measurement can get us

as a community using the Gulf of California as a reference

Richard Cudney Bueno, David and Lucile Packard FoundationPeter Bryant, Walton Family Foundation

How can systematically measuring performance help us as a community?

1. Measuring results at the site level2. Facilitating third-party evaluations3. Helping local partners gauge impacts across

sites4. Scaling up from site to regional levels of

performance measurement5. Facilitating meaningful and productive

collaboration among funders6. Gauging cross-grant impacts7. Promoting learning within and across NGOs and

funders

1. Measuring Results at the Site Level Isla San Pedro Martir Biosphere Reserve• Addressing effectiveness of MPA: ecosystem-based• Addressing effectiveness of restoration efforts• Fostering local capacity for monitoring• Collaboration between government, NGOs, local

stakeholders and academia

Link objectives with specific indicators (biophysical, socioeconomic, governance)

to measure conservation and management effectiveness of the MPA

Communicating results:- Score cards - Scientific publications

MPA Management Plan

Objectives and goals

Development of baseline Data analysis and interpretation

Development of protocols Monitoring of indicators

Adjustment of protocols

Using information for adaptive mgmt

Produce holistic report on condition of MPA

San Pedro Mártir

Bahía de Loreto

Bahía de los Ángeles

San Lorenzo

A Need to Scale Up Across Network of MPAs

Alto Golfo de California

Espíritu Santo

Cabo Pulmo

4. Scaling up from site to regional levels of performance measurement

• Funders help catalyze the process• Discussion on institutional and financial

mechanisms• Foster interagency collaboration through Gulf

of California Marine Endowment for MPAs• Workshop to agree on monitoring objectives• Discussion of specific protocols

Gulf Network of MPAs

5. Facilitating meaningful and productive collaboration among funders Upper Gulf/Vaquita Strategy

• Funders agree on approach with Mexican Govt.• Funders agree on regional strategy• Shared monitoring and evaluation goals• Shared support for key proposals

One proposal to all three fundersOne report to all three funders

How can systematically measuring performance help us as a community?

1. Measuring results at the site level (underway)2. Facilitating third-party evaluations (underway)3. Helping local partners gauge impacts across sites

(underway)4. Scaling up from site to regional levels of performance

measurement (in development)5. Facilitating meaningful and productive collaboration

among funders (underway)6. Gauging cross-grant impacts (planned)7. Promoting learning within and across NGOs and

funders (planned)

Thanks!