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USFWS Mentor Programs Boost African Conservation Leadership

Posted on September 20, 2020 in Coaches in Action

Story from Anne Ntongho, CCNet Africa co-leader During a forum in Sierra Leone in February, stakeholders discussed the findings of an evaluation of five U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service MENTOR Programs implemented across Africa...

First Open Standards Training in Dominican Republic

Posted on January 29, 2019 in Coaches in Action

Story by James Goetz, PhD Student, Cornell University In September 2018, Yolanda Leon, Andrea Thomen, and James Goetz led a 2.5-day introductory Open Standards course for 25 conservation professionals and...

Open Standards Trainings in Cameroon

Posted on August 28, 2018 in Coaches in Action

Story from Anne Ntongho, WWF Cameroon At a five-day workshop in August 2017, WWF trained 23 participants from forestry and wildlife institutions in Cameroon, Gabon, and Cote d’Ivoire to use the…

Tackling Wildlife Refuge Issues and Planning Climate Change Adaptation in Alaska

Posted on January 28, 2018 in Coaches in Action

USFWS-Alaska staff participating in the Open Standards training course discuss threats to Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Ian Dutton. Fifteen U.S. Fish and Wildlife staff from Alaska participated…

New Conservation Coach Training in West Virginia, U.S.A. January 29-February 2, 2018

Posted on October 1, 2017 in Bulletin Board

Are you experienced in the application of the Open Standards and want to strengthen your facilitation and coaching skills to help project teams? We have an upcoming training at the US…

MENTOR Fellows in Africa share how the Open Standards and Adaptive Management are helping them

Posted on August 27, 2017 in Coaches in Action

Story from Anne Ntongho, WWF. In our January edition of CCNet News we shared a story about the Open Standards workshops financed by the USFWS within its MENTOR Fellow program,…

Open Standards Prompting Actions for Effective Conservation of Gabon’s largest Ramsar Site

Posted on August 27, 2017 in Coaches in Action

Rebecca Djanivenda of the Organization Ecotouristique du lac Oguemoué, was trained in the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation through the MENTOR-Manatee Programme in Cameroon, funded by the USFWS….

Incorporating Industry-standard Evaluation Criteria to Assess Projects in Central Africa

Posted on January 29, 2017 in Coaches in Action

Story from Elizabeth O’Neill or Matt Muir, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Over the past 18 months, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Wildlife Africa Regional Program has been applying…

Teaching Adaptive Management to MENTOR Fellows in Africa

Posted on January 29, 2017 in Coaches in Action

Story from Anne Ntongho The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s MENTOR Fellowship programs play an important role in capacity development by providing high-level training and field experience to teams of…

Planning for Community Conservation Areas in Mexico

Posted on January 27, 2017 in Coaches in Action

Story from Dave Kramer, EcoLogic Development Fund The Chinantla region in Northern Oaxaca, Mexico, forms part of the Sierra Norte mountain range. The region is a national conservation priority in Mexico…

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