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SNAPP TEAM:Resilient Rangelands

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How can rangeland management in Kazakhstan and Mongolia harmonize conservation and agricultural development to address trade-offs presented by different development pathways?

Team Status: ONGOING

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Goals

Gather and analyze existing data to identify social and environmental traits of resilient rangelands facing human-induced climate change.
Using foresight methodologies, develop land-use scenarios with local and national stakeholders and analyze these to identify challenges and opportunities for those that rely on and/or influence these systems.
Illustrate the impacts of different developmental pathways on rangeland resilience through spatial maps and publishing findings in reports and papers.
Facilitate national stakeholder workshops to inform the development of supportive policy frameworks for sustainable rangeland management.

Team

Leaders

Alyona Koshkina
Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity in Kazakhstan, Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative

Michele Bowe
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative

Sonor Tserennadmid
Wildlife Conservation Society

Members

Adam Devenish
Royal Botanical Gardens Kew

EJ Milner-Gulland
University of Oxford

Gerlee Puntsag
UN FAO

Henryk Alff
German-Kazakh University

Hijaba Ykhanbai
Central Asia/Mongolia Regional IYRP Working Group, JASIL

Ilya Smelansky
Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity in Kazakhstan, Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative

Johannes Kamp
Georg-August-Universitat Göttingen

Navinder Singh
Swedish Landuse University

Sarah Robinson
Justus Liebig University, Giessen and SDGnexus Network

Serik Orazgaliyev
Nazarbayev University and Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)

Steffen Zuther
Frankfurt Zoological Society, Altyn Dala Conservation Initiviative

Uyanga Ariya
The Nature Conservancy

Viktoriya Krylova
German-Kazakh University

Zhanyl Bozayeva
UN FAO

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SNAPP TEAM:Monitoring Restoration Effectiveness

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Can long-term restoration outcomes be predicted from short-term data? How long should we track restoration projects to verify their success?

Team Status: ONGOING

Team Critical Challenge:

Goals

Collate and analyze long-term data on multifaceted outcomes of tropical forest restoration projects (carbon storage, biodiversity, socio-economic, etc.).
Review restoration accreditation standards to identify what is required of projects in terms of monitoring, verification, and reporting, and identify synergies and gaps.
Develop a freely available online tool for practitioners that provides monitoring protocols based on selected goals and analyzes data input in a standardized format.
Integrate findings into broader initiatives to standardize restoration implementation and monitoring globally (e.g., UN Standards of practice to guide ecosystem restoration).

Team

Leaders

Jennfier Powers
University of Minnesota

Laura Toro
Missouri Botanical Garden

Leland Werden
ETH Zurich

Members

Cristy Portales-Reyes
Saint Louis University

David Reyes
Ministerio de Ambiente y Energia, Costa Rica

Depi Susilawati
Australian National University

Isabel Hillman
Conservation International

Juliana Delgado
The Nature Conservancy

Pooja Choksi
University of Minnesota

Sara Löfqvist
ETH Zurich

Selene Torres
Wildlife Conservation Society

Shalom Addo-Danso
Forest Research Institute of Ghana

Silvia Secchi
University of Iowa

Zak Zahawi
Charles Darwin Foundation

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SNAPP TEAM:Salmon, Forests, and Fire

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How are salmon likely to respond to fire and forest management practices aimed at fostering resilience to fire? How can this inform management in the context of changing climate and increasing fire activity?

Team Status: ONGOING

Team Critical Challenge:

Goals

Develop support for planning both proactive (before fire) and reactive (following fire) management strategies to enhance salmonid resilience to fire.
Create a shareable database of existing data on salmonids, fire history, vegetation and other landscape characteristics to facilitate rapid research progress.
Quantify past responses of salmonids to fire in selected areas in the West.
Synthesize best available science and knowledge to create tools, such as decision support systems or dichotomous keys, to help land managers prioritize and align fire management with salmonid needs.
Catalyze continued collaboration and integration by identifying priorities for future research & management.

Team

Leaders

Ailene Ettinger
The Nature Conservancy

Elaine Harvey
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

Brian Harvey
University of Washington

Ellen Wohl
Colorado State University

Members

Arianna Goodman
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Brooke Penaluna
United States Forest Service

Clint Chandler
Nez Perce Tribe

David Roon
Oregon State University

Emily Howe
The Nature Conservancy

Jamie Robertson
The Nature Conservancy

Maia Murphy-Williams
The Nature Conservancy

Max Lambert
The Nature Conservancy

Michael Case
The Nature Conservancy

Michele Buonanduci
The Nature Conservancy & University of Washington

Philip North
Tulalip Tribes

Rebecca Flitcroft
United States Forest Service

Zoe Hanley
The Nature Conservancy

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SNAPP TEAM:Sharing the Benefits of Conservation

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How can the benefits and revenues from conservation be shared with Indigenous Peoples and local communities in a manner that upholds rights, addresses power imbalances, and recognizes different perspectives and priorities?

Team Status: ONGOING

Team Critical Challenge:

Goals

Review diverse stakeholder experiences, using methodologies including interviews and questionnaires, with benefit sharing and synthesize challenges and best practice principles.
Develop guidance, training materials, and other supporting materials that nature-based solutions project developers and beneficiary communities can use to build equitable and effective benefit sharing mechanisms.
Engage with project developers, market actors, policymakers, Indigenous peoples, and local communities, and other priority groups to ensure the guidance is practical and adaptable to different contexts.

Team

Leaders

Emiel de Lange
Wildlife Conservation Society

Allison Lewin
The Nature Conservancy

Regan Pairojmahakij
The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC)

Members

Beto Borges
Forest Trends' Communities and Territorial Governance Initiative

Brian Williams
Wildlife Works

Esteve Corbera
ICTA-UAB

Grace Balawag
Tebtebba Foundation

Grace Wong
Kyoto University/Stockholm Resilience Centre

Helen Newing
Forest People's Programme/University of Oxford

Henry Travers
Oxford University

Josh Tosteson
Everland

Joshua Okumu
The Nature Conservancy

Nisha Onta
Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management

Omar Saif
Wildlife Conservation Society

Paulo Santos
Monash University

Rane Cortez
The Nature Conservancy

Rebecca Iwerks
Namati

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SNAPP TEAM:African Swine Fever in South-East Asia

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How can African Swine Fever be detected, prevented, and controlled in endemic and endangered wild pig populations, vital to ecosystems and rural communities?

Team Status: ONGOING

Team Critical Challenge:

Goals

Develop a theory of change to identify priority actions for improved ASF monitoring, prevention, and control (including actions currently being implemented or not).
Increase the amount of ASF case data in target countries by demonstrating low-cost IT-based surveillance systems (media monitoring and a community-based One Health toolkit), using a wide variety of readily available, and often overlooked, data.
Compile all guidelines, tools, and plans that are used in focal countries for a regional ASF mitigation plan, evaluating their utility and replicability across Asia.
Inform government partners in each focal country of their role in responding to ASF, including how to use recommended guidelines and tools, as part of a One Health approach that informs the development a national science-based ASF mitigation management plan which also considers the recommendation of Red List re-assessment of at least one Asian endemic wild pig species.

Team

Leaders

Ahmad Faisal
Wildlife Conservation Society, Indonesia

Members

Caitlin Holley
World Organization for Animal Health

Emily Denstedt
Wildlife Conservation Society

Johanna Rode-Margono
International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Comission Wild Pig Specialist Group

Joy Lagayan
World Organisation for Animal Health

Matthew Ward
Talarak Foundation

Mohammad Rifqi
Yayasan Konservasi Alam Nusantara

Patipat Susumpao
Opendream Co.

Ulfah Mardhiah
Wildlife Conservation Society, Indonesia

Yooni Oh
Food and Agriculture Organization

Yugees Rao
Wildlife Conservation Society

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SNAPP TEAM:Deterring Wildlife Crime

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Do deterrence strategies work to prevent wildlife trafficking?

Team Status: ONGOING

Team Critical Challenge:

Goals

Use findings and results of data analysis to create lessons and recommendations to inform counter-wildlife trafficking practitioners.
Increase the number of collaborations between practitioners (Government and NGO) and criminologists that are applying crime science and criminology methods on the development and monitoring of counter wildlife trafficking strategies and interventions.
Disseminate findings and lessons learned through the creation of an interactive website for practitioners and the development of a special topics course at John Jay College through the International Crime and Justice Master of Arts Program.

Team

Leaders

Damian Weekers
Wildlife Conservation Society

Gohar A. Petrossian
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York

Members

Abim Isafiade
Wildlife Justice Commission

Andre Costa
Brazil Federal Police

Andrea Pizzarro
Fauna and Flora International

Andrew Lemieux
Lead Ranger

Charles A. Emogor
University of Cambridge

Hai Thanh Luong
Griffith University

Hoang Hai Yen
Hanoi Procuratorate University

Julie Viollaz
Fauna and Flora International

Noah Cohen
John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Rob Pickles
Panthera

Scott Roberton
Wildlife Conservation Society

Simon Wankyo
Tanzanian Government

Stephen Pires
Florida International University

Ulhas Gondhali
John Jay College of Criminal Justice

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SNAPP TEAM:CBNRM Governance & Economics

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How can Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) institutions be re-built to strengthen the social fabric of rural communities and expand the wildlife economy to address multi-dimensional poverty?

Team Status: ONGOING

Team Critical Challenge:

Goals

Develop a community of practice for CBNRM governance and economics in southern and eastern Africa to achieve measurable improvements in the conceptualization, monitoring, and performance of CBNRM at a household level.
Develop monitoring tools to assess and track CBNRM impact at a household level (i.e. livelihoods; governance and social capital; wildlife tolerance) and community level (commercial and managerial performance). Compare the performance of participatory and representational forms of CBNRM by institutionalizing reporting dashboards in at least five countries.
Use anchor sites in at least five countries to pilot participatory community-based governance,
Facilitate scaling of strong practice through the development of training materials, guidelines and standards, and use these to strengthen CBNRM performance through national CBNRM associations and voluntary standards.

Team

Leaders

Brian Child
University of Florida

Patricia Mupeta-Muyama
The Nature Conservancy

Rodgers Lubilo
Community Leaders Network of Southern Africa

Members

Aaron King
University of Florida

Alex Chidakel
University of Florida

Craig Bruce
Jamma International

Hayley Clements
University of Stellenbosch

Hilma Angula
NACSO Institutional Development Working Group

Jose Montiero
CBRNM Network

Meshurie Melembuki
The Nature Conservancy

Michelle Wieland
Wildlife Conservation Society

Ronnie Dempers
NACSO / Namibia Development Trust

Sean Nazireli
BioFund, Mozambique

Shylock Muyengwa
Resource Africa

Simon Munthali
The Nature Conservancy

Siyoka Simasiku
Ngamiland Council of NGOs NCONGO

Tanyaradza Mudonga
Ministry of Environment, Zimbabwe

Tiego Nanzilo
Wildlife Conservation Society

Tierney Shimansky
University of Florida

Tom Lolosoli
The Nature Conservancy

Valerio Macandza
Eduardo Mondlane University

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SNAPP TEAM:Sustainable Cattle Ranching in Colombia

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What are the real-world social-ecological outcomes of silvopasture transformation in Colombia? How can this evidence be utilized to inform farm planning tools and policy targets to benefit nature, climate, and human wellbeing?

Team Status: ONGOING

Team Critical Challenge:

Goals

Synthesize a multidimensional dataset from nearly 4,000 farms in Colombia, coupled with spatial modeling to explore real-world drivers of on-farm adoption, evaluate social-ecological impacts, and predict the benefits of silvopasture implementation at landscape scales
Based on the science and in collaboration with end-users, co-develop guidance to inform sustainable cattle ranching and climate policies, environmental certification standards, and a farm planning tool to help scale up silvopasture adoption in Colombia and beyond

Key Products

Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture

Strategies to diversify farming systems by managing multiple species, incorporating areas of noncrop vegetation, or conserving soil or water have been posed as ways of countering the negative environmental effects of simplified agriculture. This paper from SNAPP’s Sustainable Cattle Ranching working group finds that implementing livestock diversification or soil conservation benefits social and environmental outcomes, especially for biodiversity.

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Team

Leaders

Christina Kennedy
The Nature Conservancy

Manuel Gómez Vivas
Colombian Federation of Ranchers (FEDEGAN)

Jose Manuel Ochoa-Quintero
Alexander von Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute

Members

Aaron Skinner
University of British Columbia

Arturo González Alvarado
Colombian Dung Beetle Collection

Camila Rodriguez
The Nature Conservancy

Carol Tatiana Chamorro Vargas
University of British Columbia

Cecilia Medina Prieto
Colombia Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development

Claire Kremen
University of British Columbia

German Forero-Medina
Wildlife Conservation Society

Jacobo Arango
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), CGIAR Initiative of Livestock and Climate

Julián Chará
Center for Research on Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems (CIPAV)

Julian Rode
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, UFZ

Juliana Delgado
The Nature Conservancy

Karin Frank
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, UFZ

Liliana Mahecha
Universidad de Antioquia

Lucas Garibaldi
Universidad Nacional de Río Negro

Maria Alejandra Chadid
The Nature Conservancy

Maria Jimena Esquivel
Alexander von Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute

Seth Morgan
The Nature Conservancy

Silvia Alvaréz
Wildlife Conservation Society

Tatiana Rodriguez
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, UFZ

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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: COMPLETED

Team Critical Challenge:

Results

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

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

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.
A more detailed analysis of one case study country (likely to be in Central Africa).
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.
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
World Wildlife Fund

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
University of Cambridge

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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