Conservation International's METT Process: Assessing Management Effectiveness for Protected Areas

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Conservation International (CI) utilizes the METT (Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool) to assess and monitor the management effectiveness of protected areas, fostering support from partners and stakeholders. The METT process involves conducting assessments annually, consolidating and analyzing data, and reporting achievements to the Board of Directors. Despite successes in gathering assessments and fostering partnerships, CI faces challenges such as lack of funding, ensuring accurate completion of scorecards, and maintaining momentum for monitoring and evaluation (M&E). The statistics show an average increase in management effectiveness across the assessed countries between 2013 and 2014.

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Mainstreaming the METT Bailey Evans Conservation International

Why is CI Interested In PAME? Supports Conservation of Critical Natural Capital Adaptive Management (in field & executive) Allows for time-scale M&E, and refining strategy Fosters support from partners and stakeholders

What is the METT? An assessment (scorecard) of the management effectiveness of a PA Utilized by donors (foundations, multi-laterals, etc.), civil society, and NGOs to monitor management of a PA A subjective approach which should be participatory to assessing the conditions of management within a PA Themes Assessed: management plan, budget, demarcation, gazettement, protection, enforcement, community engagement & monitoring, etc.

CIs Process Research Development of CI s METT through adaptation of the IUCN/WWF Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT) and the World Bank MPA Scorecard Began Assessments in 2013 Completed by Field Programs Annually in August Data Consolidated & Analyzed Reported to Board of Directors on Natural Capital Achievements

Successes Gathered 200+ Assessments for 2 Years Now an Institutional Standard Fostered New Partnerships and Stakeholder Relations in Field Program Countries Provided Opportunity for National-Level Policy Engagement Identified gaps funding, staff, etc. Translated to Spanish (soon Portuguese, French, & Bahasa Indonesia)

Challenges Unfunded Initiative Getting Institutional Buy-In Ensuring [Accurate] Completion of Scorecards by Field Programs Database Management & Analysis Fostering an Understanding of Results Maintaining Momentum for M&E in Institution Staff turnover in Field Programs Capacity Building on M&E in general .

Statistics 2013: 134 Assessments in 20 Countries 2014: 156 Assessments in 18 Countries Average change in management effectiveness across the board was +3 between the two years (out of 100)

Interest to CMP Standard Approach Able to link PA management outcomes to use of Open Standards Supports tracking Aichi Targets Link to Broader PAME efforts & Global Database by WCMC

Bolivia Example - Use of same-color scale within countries - Has a grading of 10 - Minimum score of 24 - Maximum score of 87 - Allows for time-scale monitoring of management effectiveness - Visualizes and centralizes data [storage]