Conservation psychology strategies for collaborative planning and impact evaluation

Maynard, Lily; Howorth, Paige; Daniels, Jaret C.; Bunney, Katie-Lyn; Snyder, Rebecca J.; Jenike, David; Barnhart, Trent; Spevak, Edward M.; Fitzgerald, Patrick; Gezon, Zak

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“…We developed a ToC to hypothesize the potential outcomes needed to shift manager and palm oil plantation leadership perspectives in addressing human-elephant conflict (Figure 2) (Funnell and Rogers, 2011;Maynard et al, 2022). This hypothesis of impact was based on deep expertise in the region from the authors, as well as grounded in elements of behavioral psychology and behavior change campaigns (Prochaska et al, 1992;Green et al, 2019).…”

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“…Our aim was to document the challenges and concerns facing oil palm managers to adopt SOP and support elephant Map of the study region, the Lower Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary. conservation programs in the oil palm landscape, and build from the experiences from Maynard et al (2022) to begin testing the benefits of collaborative planning and engagement with potential adversaries. We used the ToC as a starting point for structured workshopss and workshops with plantation managers.…”

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“…In this paper, we aim to document the challenges and concern faced by oil palm managers to support Bornean elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis) conservation program in the oil palm landscape within Lower Kinabatangan landscape. We apply a theory of change (ToC) approach based on conservation psychology and behaviour change, and apply participatory methods (Maynard et al, 2022) to better understand what would it take for palm oil management to implement coexistence practices on their properties and support coexistence We believe that, through this participatory approach, SOP practices will be adopted, thus improving elephant movement in humantransformed landscape, and reducing HEC.…”

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Understanding barriers and benefits to adopting elephant coexistence practices in oil palm plantation landscapes in Lower Kinabatangan, Sabah

Othman¹,

Mustapah²,

Quilter³

et al. 2022

Front. Conserv. Sci.

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Oil palm managers are one of the key stakeholders who could help strengthen efforts to protect elephants in the landscape. We used a Theory of Change (ToC) approach to hypothesize potential barriers and benefits to managers adopting best practise. We conducted two workshopss with more than 60 participants to better understand managers’ perceptions of Human Elephant Conflict (HEC) and their willingness to adopt better wildlife management practices. The workshops confirmed that some of the outcomes we perceived in the original ToC, including security issues, false accusations, negative perceptions by the international community and crop damage, were affecting their willingness to promote coexistence in their plantation. However, we also uncovered other potential barriers and opportunities to promote coexistence, including international and national standards that do not provide enough technical and practical guidance for all levels, expensive monitoring costs, and inconsistent collaboration among industry players and between government and non-government agencies. Our initial findings suggest that new attitudes and perceptions have not been explored before and may be critical for manager engagement and adoption of best practices for HEC, as well as the identification of new audiences that would need to be engaged to be successful in achieving elephant conservation goals.

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Section: Methods: Developing a Toc To Tackle Hec In Lower Kinabatanga...mentioning

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Understanding barriers and benefits to adopting elephant coexistence practices in oil palm plantation landscapes in Lower Kinabatangan, Sabah

Othman¹,

Mustapah²,

Quilter³

et al. 2022

Front. Conserv. Sci.

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Conservation psychology strategies for collaborative planning and impact evaluation

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Conservation psychology principles can be useful for aligning organizations and scaling up conservation programs to increase impact while strategically engaging partners and communities. We can use findings and recommendations from conservation psychology to inform organizational collaborations between zoos and aquariums to maximize efficiency and coordination. In this study, we developed and evaluated a collaborative conservation initiative for monarch butterflies built with conservation psychology principles. We present our process for collaborative program planning and the resultant collective conservation plan as well as our formative evaluation findings after 1-year of collaboration. We share best practices for group facilitation and conservation planning along with our evaluation instruments to support future collaborative conservation initiatives.

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Local Plant and Insect Conservation Evaluated with Organizational Identity Theory

Maynard

Cadena

Thompson

et al. 2023

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With a range of programs focused on local plant and insect conservation, the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden works with partners and our communities to restore landscapes and thriving ecosystems for wildlife and people. We used organizational identity theory (OIT) to evaluate the current strategies and practices of five programs and determine opportunities for adaptation to better achieve our organizational conservation goals. Case studies ranged from habitat restoration of wetlands and gardens to community engagement to encourage individual gardeners and the reintroduction of endangered plants and insects. We present program characteristics and how collaborative partnerships facilitate opportunities for zoos to lead the conservation of local flora and fauna. The OIT framework reveals components critical to strategy implementation and best practices relevant to other zoos, aquariums, and botanical gardens when evaluating their collaborative conservation initiatives.

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Conservation psychology strategies for collaborative planning and impact evaluation

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Understanding barriers and benefits to adopting elephant coexistence practices in oil palm plantation landscapes in Lower Kinabatangan, Sabah

Understanding barriers and benefits to adopting elephant coexistence practices in oil palm plantation landscapes in Lower Kinabatangan, Sabah

Conservation psychology strategies for collaborative planning and impact evaluation

Local Plant and Insect Conservation Evaluated with Organizational Identity Theory

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