SNAPP TEAM:Sustainable Wild Meat Management
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How can Central African wild meat policies be adapted and strengthened to support sustainable use and ensure the persistence of Central Africa’s wildlife?
Team Status: ONGOING
Team Critical Challenge:
Goals
  • Synthesis of current wild meat research. The working group will produce several policy briefs, synthesizing available data and research on wild meat in each of the focal countries (Gabon, Cameroon, DRC). These briefs will be provided in a timely manner to support policy discussions, and the content guided through conversations with government policy makers and stakeholders, ensuring that we are answering relevant questions posed by those directly involved with and affected by policy and legislative reforms.
  • Support to national policy reform processes. We will support national policy makers to convene national workshops to discuss reforms to national wild meat policies. For each of the different countries, where policy discussions are at different stages, the aims of these workshops will vary, and may signal the beginning of policy discussions or be used to discuss draft policy documents and engage national stakeholders for their review.
Team
Leaders
Lauren Coad
Oxford University, United Kingdom and Center for International Forestry Research
Eric Djomo Nana
Oxford University, United Kingdom and Institute of Agicultural Research for Development, Cameroon
Members
Demetrio Bocuma Meñe
Central Africa Bushmeat Action Group, Equatorial Guinea
Donald Midoko Iponga
Research Institute for Tropical Ecology
Eric Kaba Tah
Central Africa Bushmeat Action Group, Cameroon
Eugenio Sartoretto
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Italy
Hadrien Vanthomme
French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development, Gabon
Henry Travers
Oxford University, United Kingdom
Juliet Wright
Wildlife Conservation Society, Democratic Republic of Congo
Katharine Abernethy
University of Stirling
Kevin Y. Njabo
Congo Basin Institute, Cameroon
Krossy Mavakala
Regional Post-Graduate Training School on Integrated Management of Tropical Forests and Lands (ERAIFT)
Laurence Wete Soh
Forêts et Développement Rural, Cameroon
Luc Evouna
Action for Wildlife Trade, Cameroon
Paulin Polepole
Wildlife Conservation Society, Democratic Republic of Congo
Robert Mwinyihali
Wildlife Conservation Society, Democratic Republic of Congo
Sandra Ratiarison
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Gabon
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SNAPP TEAM:The Social Implications of 30×30
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What are the implications for resident people of plans to greatly increase global protected and conserved area coverage, and how might these be addressed to maximize positive outcomes for nature and society?
Team Status: ONGOING
Team Critical Challenge:
Goals
  1. New analysis of the potential social impacts of 30×30 at global level, under various scenarios for implementation. This will include analysis of affected populations disaggregated as far as possible by wealth, ethnicity, voice in decision making and other important social variables.
  2. A more detailed analysis of one case study country (likely to be in Central Africa).
  3. Feasible proposals for how 30×30 could be implemented at the country level in a way that maximises social benefits while minimising social harms, co-developed with implementation partners.
  4. Improved dialogue and a strong foundation for future inter-disciplinary and cross-sectoral research collaboration between people with different perspectives on area-based conservation.
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Social considerations are crucial to success in implementing the 30×30 global conservation target

This correspondence outlines the critical need for the implementation of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s Target 3 of the Global Biodiversity Framework (protecting 30% of the earth by 2030) to focus on national and sub-national analyses, research questions designed by place-based coalitions, comparative analyses of multiple countries, better social indicators (relating to rights, participation, justice, or financing) and research and support for political mobilization.

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Team
Leaders
Chris Sandbrook
University of Cambridge
Members
Achilles Byaruhanga
NatureUganda
Alain Frechette
Rights and Resources Initiative
Ameyali Ramos
ICCA Consortium & IUCN Commission on Environment, Economic and Social Policy
Becky Chaplin Kramer
Stanford University
Brian O’Donnell
Campaign for Nature
Carolina Hazin
The Nature Conservancy
Casey Ryan
University of Edinburgh
Charles Tumwesigye
Uganda Wildlife Authority
Dan Brockington
Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
David Mwesigye Tumusiime
Makerere University
Edna Kaptoyo
Pawanka Fund
Forrest Fleischmann
University of Minnesota
Fred Onyai
National Consultant for CCAC/UNEP
Gary Watmough
University of Edinburgh
Heather Bingham
UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
James Allan
McKinsey and Company
James Fitzsimons
The Nature Conservancy
Jasmin Upton
UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Javier Fajardo
Cambridge University
Josefa Tauli
Global Youth Biodiversity Network
Julie G. Zähringer
Wyss Academy for Nature and Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern
Madhu Rao
IUCN WCPA & Wildlife Conservation Society
Marion Pfeifer
University of Newcastle
Milagre Nuvunga
Micaia Foundation
Mônica Vilaça da Silva
The Nature Conservancy
Neema Pathak Broome
Kalpavriksh
Pauline Nantongo
Ecotrust
Phil Franks
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Priya Shyamsundar
The Nature Conservancy
Q”apaj Conde
UN Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat
Rachael Garrett
ETH Zurich
Rose Pritchard
University of Manchester
Ruth Pinto
International Institute for Environment and Development
Shenique Albury-Smith
The Nature Conservancy
Thomas Worsdell
Amazon Frontlines
Tobias Kuemmerle
Humboldt University of Berlin
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SNAPP TEAM:WildHealthNet Consortium
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Can we effectively strengthen wildlife health surveillance globally through a collaborative and evidence-based consortium of local, national, and international organizations?
Team Status: ONGOING
Team Critical Challenge:
Goals

1a. Prioritize surveillance to focus on high-risk interfaces by synthesizing data on health impacts on wildlife, existing wildlife health surveillance systems, missing cases of wildlife health events and detection bias, and socio-ecological interfaces and high spillover risk practices;

1b. Address sustainability through analyses of data and creation of tools to estimate cost effectiveness and benefits of surveillance, drawing from existing wildlife or livestock surveillance systems;

2a. Communicate a co-developed theory of change that connects multilateral agreements (e.g., SDGs) and international frameworks to the practical implementation of wildlife surveillance systems;

2b. Formalize the consortium through the drafting of a collaboration agreement with endorsements from respective member institutions describing how we work together in the long term and identify capabilities, synergies, and gaps among stakeholders in the implementation of sustainable wildlife health surveillance globally.

Team
Leaders
Sarah Olson
Wildlife Conservation Society Health Program
Mathieu Pruvot
Department of Ecosystem and Public Health at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary
Members
Bernard Bett
International Livestock Research Institute, One Health Research, Education & Outreach Centre Africa
Clare Death
Wildlife Health Australia
Damien Joly
Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative
Emma Gardner
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
François Diaz
World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
Jonathan Sleeman
United States Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center
Kacey Yellowbird
Samson Cree Nation
Keren Cox-Witton
Wildlife Health Australia (WHA)
Kim Pepin
United States Department of Agriculture National Wildlife Research Center
Liz Paola Noguera Zayas
University of Calgary
Marcy Uhart
Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center One Health Institute, University of California, Davis
Oliver Morgan
World Health Organization (WHO)
Sarin Suwanpakdee
Mahidol University, Monitoring and Surveillance Center for Zoonotic Diseases in Wildlife and Exotic Animals (MoZWE)
Susan Kutz
Department of Ecosystem and Public Health at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary
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SNAPP TEAM:Governing Changing Oceans
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How can improved marine governance guide more responsible, equitable, and effective interventions in climate-impacted oceans?
Team Status: ONGOING
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Team
Leaders
Tiffany Morrison
James Cook University
Pip Cohen
Independent Practitioner (formerly WorldFish)
Gretta Pecl
University of Tasmania
Members
Andrew Sullivan
Centre for Marine Socioecology
Bob Muir
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Cath Lovelock
University of Queensland
Cayne Layton
Institute for Marine & Antarctic Studies
Emily Ogier
University of Tasmania
Essam Yassin Mohammed
WorldFish-CGIAR, Penang
Georgina Gurney
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
Imani Fairweather-Morrison
Oak Foundation
Kathy Mills
Gulf of Maine Research Institute
Katrina Brown
University of Exeter
Lucy Holmes McHugh
James Cook University
Maria Carmen Lemos
University of Michigan
Michael Phillips
FUTUREFISH, Malaysia
Nathalie Hilmi
Centre Scientifique de Monaco
Navam Niles
Centre for Poverty Analysis, Sri Lanka
Neil Adger
University of Exeter
Sarah Lawless
Australian Institute of Marine Science | James Cook University
Terry Hughes
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
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SNAPP TEAM:BRI Biodiversity Toolkit
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What tools can help make sure the Chinese Belt and Road supports biodiversity conservation as well as human well-being?
Team Status: ONGOING
Team Critical Challenge:
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New Standard in China Launched for Financial Institutions on Biodiversity Risk Management

This press release announces the launch of a Standard for Financial Institutions on Biodiversity Risks Management, a key initial input for the BRI Biodiversity Toolkit working group. The Standard provides specifics 1) to screen potential biodiversity risks along the life cycle of any project before a decision on loans or investment, and 2) to measure actions which should be supervised by financial institutions to avoid or mitigate these risks.

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Team
Leaders
Aili Kang 
Wildlife Conservation Society 
Ray Victurine
Wildlife Conservation Society
Lan Hong
Renmin University of China
Members
Amrei von Hase
Wildlife Conservation Society
Chen Chen
Shan Shui Conservation Center
Chen Chuanqi
Renmin University
Gilles Kleitz
Agence Française de Développement
Guy Debonnet
UNESCO World Heritage Center
Joe Kiesecker
The Nature Conservancy
Li Xia
Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment
Sebastian Valdivieso
Wildlife Conservation Society
Sun Lihui
China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals and Chemicals Importers & Exporters
Tang Dingding
Chinese Society for Environmental Science
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SNAPP TEAM:Natural Resource Governance
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What practical guidance can help strengthen community-level natural resource governance systems?
Team Status: COMPLETED
Team Critical Challenge:
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A Gateway to Proven, Practical, Guidance and Use Cases

Drawing on lessons learned from decades of on-the-ground experience and informed by evolving theories of collective action and common pool resource management, the group identified enabling factors for effective community-led natural resource governance and compiled guidance materials and created tools to help communities and their support partners establish those enabling conditions that are lacking.

Consensus Statement: The Meaning of Community and of Governance

This consensus statement defines effective and equitable community-level natural resource governance and identifies factors that help or hinder this approach in practices.

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Team
Leaders
David Wilkie
Wildlife Conservation Society
Barbara Nakangu
WWF Netherlands
Erica Rieder
North Carolina State University
Members
Alex Barrett
Fauna & Flora International
Ashish John
Wildlife Conservation Society - Cambodia
Basilia Shivute
Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation (IRDNC) Namibia
Caitlin Doughty
The Nature Conservancy
Chrissy Schwinn
The Nature Conservancy
Diane Detoeuf
Wildlife Conservation Society
Enkhtuya Oidov
The Nature Conservancy – Mongolia
Heidi Kretser
Wildlife Conservation Society
Hermine Tuekam Kouam
Well Grounded
Ian Deshmukh
Independent
Jayanand Derekar
Kunabi Indigenous Peoples India
Jesse Ribot
American University
Jessica Campese
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Commission on Environment, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)
Justin Kenrick
Forest Peoples Program
Katie Lee-Brooks
Fauna & Flora International
Lauren Williams
TetraTech/World Resource Institute (WRI)
Maria Honig
World Wildlife Fund
Michael Painter
Wildlife Conservation Society
Michelle Wieland
Wildlife Conservation Society
Peter Zahler
Woodland Park Zoo
Phil Franks
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Stephany Kersten
Well Grounded
Yuta Masuda
The Nature Conservancy
Zulema Lehm
Wildlife Conservation Society - Bolivia
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SNAPP TEAM:Improving Coastal Health
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What wastewater pollution guidelines and sanitation planning strategies will enable sanitation and conservation practitioners to work together to improve both human and marine ecosystem health?
Team Status: ONGOING
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Managing Watersheds for Coral Reefs and Public Health: A Vibrant Oceans Initiative Whitepaper

This paper presents innovative solutions that incentivize the large-scale, sustained action required to both improve water quality in watersheds and prevent water quality impacts on coral reef ecosystems. The solutions use holistic approaches to integrated watershed management that bridge social and ecological systems and provide important co-benefits to human well-being.

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Team
Leaders
Amelia Wenger
WCS / University of Queensland
Jacqueline Thomas
University of Sydney / Ifakara Health Institute
Jos Hill
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Aaron Jenkins
University of Sydney / Edith Cowan University
Kim Falinski
The Nature Conservancy
Members
Ama Wakwella
University of Queensland
Caitie Kuempel
Griffith University
Dominic Andradi-Brown
WWF US
Eileen Nalley
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Erin Symonds
Water for Good
Evelyn Gomez Juarez
University of Queensland
Janet Edmonds
Conservation International
Jean Mensa
Wildlife Conservation Society Tanzania
Jenny Myton
Coral Reef Alliance
Joleah Lamb
University of California, Irvine
Kate Holmes
WCS Indonesia
Katie Heffner
RARE
Kelly Trott
Imagine H2O
Konstantina Velkushanova
UN-IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Lillian Tuttle
University of Hawai'i
Manuel Mejia
Coral Reef Alliance
Michelle Devlin
Centre for Environment, Fisheries, and Aquaculture Science
Mosese Nairiva
Water Authority Fiji
Nicole Auil Gomez
Wildlife Conservation Society Belize
Ratih Rimayanti
WCS Indonesia
Shadrack Omwenga
Sanivation
Sudhir Pillay
South African Water Research Commission
Tanvi Oza
WaterAid
Thammarat Koottatep
Asian Institute of Technology
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SNAPP TEAM:Advancing Coastal Defenses
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How and where can natural ecosystems provide effective flood risk reduction benefits?
Team Status: ONGOING
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Op-Ed: There’s one big climate fight that California is losing

As climate change threatens lives and livelihoods in California, climate adaptation strategies will be essential to weather the literal and metaphorical storm. SNAPP scientists make the case for what needs to be done to lessen the risks and impacts of a changing climate.

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Leaders
Mike Beck
University of California, Santa Cruz
Glenn-Marie Lange
Senior Economist (World Bank) and Environment for Development Initiative
Iñigo Losada
Environmental Hydraulics Institute IH Cantabria
Guillermo E. Franco
Guy Carpenter Co.
Members
Borja Reguero
University of California, Santa Cruz
Chip Cunliffe
AXA Insurance Co.
Jane “Carter” Ingram
Pollination Group
Jessica Kendall-Bar
University of California, Santa Cruz
Pelayo Menendez Fernandez
University of California, Santa Cruz
Rae Taylor-Burns
University of California, Santa Cruz
Siddharth Narayan
East Carolina University
Todd S. Bridges
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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SNAPP TEAM:Wildlife Corridor Restoration
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What evidence is required for wildlife corridor restoration interventions in human-inhabited landscapes, and how do we include these in the restoration management process?
Team Status: COMPLETED
Team Critical Challenge:
Results
Team
Leaders
Andrew Marshall
University of Sunshine Coast Australia & Reforest Africa
Deo Shirima
Sokoine University of Agriculture / Reforest Africa
Marion Pfeifer
Newcastle University
Trevor Jones
Southern Tanzania Elephant Program
Members
Abel Peter Mtui
Udzungwa Mountains National Park - TANAPA
Anthony Mhagama
IUCN
Arafat Mtui
Udzungwa Ecological Monitoring Centre
Charles Mchuwa
Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) Kibaha
Charles Meshack
Tanzania Forest Conservation Group
Christina Kibwe
Tanzania National Parks Authority
Henry Mbele
Illovo - Kilombero Sugar Company
Hermann Lyatu
Reforest Africa
Joseph Mwalugelo
Southern Tanzania Elephant Program
Laura Braunholtz
Newcastle University
Lauren Barnes
Newcastle University
Margherita Lala
University of Leeds
Richard Nchasi
Associazione Mazingira
Roy Hinde
Udzungwa Mountains National Park
Sergio Guerreiro-Milheiras
Newcastle University
Severin Kalonga
World Wildlife Fund
Susannah Sallu
Leeds University
Zarah Pattison
University of Stirling and Newcastle University
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SNAPP TEAM:Andean Camelid Disease
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What management actions will promote both human livelihoods and the health of vicuñas and guanacos, in the face of disease and other threats?
Team Status: COMPLETED
Team Critical Challenge:
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Diseases in wild South American camelids Literature Review Datasets

A repository of databases generated from the Andrea Camelid Disease working group’s systematic review of published information on sarcoptic mange infections in South American vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) and guanaco (Lama guanicoe) populations. Database includes metadata of each source, the basic description of the methodology used, and files with the description of the information.

Addressing the impacts of sarcoptic mange in wild South American Camelids across a landscape of myths and legends

As part of the Andean Camelid Disease working group, this white paper details a systematic review of published documents (i.e., peer-reviewed publications and gray literature) and unpublished government registers from Bolivia and Peru of managed vicuñas at chaccu events to fill knowledge gaps and propose recommendations for future research and
the implementation of effective preventive and control strategies to mitigate sarcoptic mange burden within South American camelid populations.

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Team
Leaders
Chris Walzer
Wildlife Conservation Society
Paul Cross
USGS
Members
Alynn Martin
USGS
Brandie Fariss
University of Massachusetts - Amherst/TNC
Fabian Beltran
Wildlife Conservation Society
Jose Mena
Wildlife Conservation Society
Kaitlyn Gaynor
NCEAS
Mariana Montoya
Wildlife Conservation Society, Peru
Robert Wallace
Wildlife Conservation Society
Steve Smith
Vetmed Vienna
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