The inspiring Road Traveled in Chile:Lessons and Challenges in Strengthening Adaptive Management in a National System of Protected Areas won the 2018 Case Study Competition handsomely.
Click here for the entry showing how the National Forestry Corporation (CONAF):
- Used the Open Standards as the basis for a Manual for the Planning of the Protected Areas
- Seeks to ensure direct links between management plans and annual activities
- Successfully built the capacity to train more than 100 staff
- Included the participation of local stakeholders in local planning
- Integrated the monitoring of indicators of goals and objectives
- Identified “Flag Strategies” for highly visible, socially important targets to strengthen support for the processes
Judges thought that this highly inspiring project:
- Showed good implementation of Open Standards at multiple scales
- Set the context of the project well
- Gave an excellent overview of the issues involved in making OS the core planning process and changing organizational culture
Chilean protected area staff celebrating! Photo Credit: CONAF
