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Existing project management guidelines inadequately address the issue of planning projects in a project portfolio and how to aggregate data, so many conservation projects are badly monitored.
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To enhance programme delivery and monitoring, I define Five Steps to Conservation Impact around: Planning; Common; Indicators; Monitoring; Interpretation; Action.
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These steps differ from other project management guidelines by linking common goals with common indicators and measuring aggregated conservation impact.
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Enabling conditions to ensure success include: senior managers are willing to establish a results-based management culture; attribution is considered an aspiration not a hindrance; capacity and tools are in place.
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Making impact monitoring the norm will require a culture change within the conservation community.
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Land sharing/sparing approaches offer interdependent and complementary opportunities for Forest and Landscape Restoration.
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Landscape configuration and governance issues drive the focus, forest types, and location of the restorative interventions.
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Sharing/sparing opportunities should consider the social context and a multi-stakeholder process.
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Airport-produced noise is unsuitable for areas of wildlife protection.
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Noise can generate stress and jeopardize wildlife reproduction.
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There is a need in Brazil to implement noise regulation within areas of wildlife protection.
