Gender and Biodiversity Projects and Activities Global

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A Framework for Monitoring, Evaluating, and Learning from Conservation Enterprises A Framework for Monitoring, Evaluating, and Learning from Conservation Enterprises The Conservation Enterprise Learning Group developed a MEL framework for USAID and Implementing Partner staff to use to inform the adaptive management of their CE programs. This framework provides guidance for how to monitor conservation enterprise programs along a theory of change by applying both standard and custom indicators to measure the extent to which conservation enterprises achieve desired biodiversity conservation outcomes. ['Economic Growth', 'Conservation Enterprises Resources', 'Economic Growth/Livelihoods', 'Monitoring', 'Learning Group', 'Conservation Enterprises', 'MEL', 'Tool', 'Global', 'Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)', 'Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning', 'Biodiversity', 'Featured Resources', 'CE', 'Learning', 'Livelihoods', 'MI2', 'Evaluation', 'Measuring Impact II', 'Resources', 'Measuring Impact II (MI2) Tools and Approaches'] Dec 11, 2020 10:41 AM File
Advancing Gender in the Environment (AGENT) Advancing Gender in the Environment (AGENT) AGENT is a ten-year partnership implemented by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). This partnership aims to strengthen the integration of gender considerations throughout USAID’s forest and biodiversity programing through the development of new resources and tools that increase awareness of and capacity for gender issues. ['Current', 'Project', 'Global Projects', 'Global'] Dec 11, 2017 05:09 PM Folder
Advancing Participatory Natural Resource Management and Democratic Outcomes: Lessons Drawn from the Evidence Advancing Participatory Natural Resource Management and Democratic Outcomes: Lessons Drawn from the Evidence Participatory natural resource management (PNRM) has important effects on broader democratic outcomes that should be considered in environment and DRG programming. This technical brief provides a summary of lessons learned from more than 150 relevant articles. ['Biodiversity', 'Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM)', 'INRM', 'Climate', 'Natural Resource Management', 'New Resources', 'Global', 'Resources'] Nov 16, 2023 11:21 PM File
An Integrated Inventory of One Health Tools: Mapping and Analysis of Globally Available Tools to Advance One Health An Integrated Inventory of One Health Tools: Mapping and Analysis of Globally Available Tools to Advance One Health This report maps and analyzes available One Health tools and assesses their suitability to support One Health implementation, including the One Health Joint Plan of Action 2022–2026 (OH JPA). ['Biodiversity', 'One Health', 'Global', 'Tool', '2024', 'Governance/Management'] Jan 03, 2025 09:39 PM File
Characterizing the One Health Workforce to Promote Interdisciplinary, Multisectoral Approaches in Global Health Problem-solving Characterizing the One Health Workforce to Promote Interdisciplinary, Multisectoral Approaches in Global Health Problem-solving The objectives of this formative study were to build foundational knowledge of the One Health workforce regarding demographics, education, and employment, as well as to explore the benefits of One Health education to the workforce, the unique challenges that One Health workers face, and whether employers are satisfied with their employees working in One Health. ['Biodiversity', '2023', 'Research', 'Global', 'Human Well-Being', 'Infectious Disease'] Dec 15, 2023 08:07 PM File
Comprehensive Electronic Traceability Principles for Seafood Comprehensive Electronic Traceability Principles for Seafood SALT developed the Comprehensive Electronic Catch Documentation and Traceability (eCDT) Principles and developed a Pathway to apply them. The Principles serve as best practices for seafood producing country governments as they move towards a comprehensive approach to initiate, design, implement, and/or improve their traceability programs. ['Biodiversity', 'SALT', 'Report', 'Global', 'Seafood Alliance for Legality and Traceability'] Jan 17, 2023 06:28 PM File
Conservation Enterprise Impact Lab 2022 : Using a Theory of Change to Learn Across Conservation Enterprises Posters Conservation Enterprise Impact Lab 2022 : Using a Theory of Change to Learn Across Conservation Enterprises Posters From May to August 2022, seven activity teams, including USAID staff and implementing partners, from five Missions around the globe joined the second round of the Conservation Enterprises Impact Lab to share with each other their successes and challenges in implementing conservation enterprises. Using the Conservation Enterprise Theory of Change, the teams focused on adaptations to drive toward improved biodiversity conservation and human well-being outcomes. Each activity team produced a poster that illustrates their activity’s theory of change, key assumptions, and lessons learned. The teams presented these posters in a Conservation Enterprise Learning Group final session on August 23, 2022. ['Conservation Enterprises', 'Poster', 'Learning Group', 'Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)', 'Livelihoods', 'Economic Growth', 'Global', 'New Resources'] Nov 08, 2022 04:26 PM File
Conservation Enterprise Impact Lab 2024: Harnessing a Theory of Change for Effective Conservation Enterprise Strategies Posters Conservation Enterprise Impact Lab 2024: Harnessing a Theory of Change for Effective Conservation Enterprise Strategies Posters From May to September 2024, nine activity teams—including USAID staff and implementing partners—from seven countries across Latin America, Africa, and Asia participated in the fourth iteration of the Conservation Enterprises Impact Lab. ['Biodiversity', '2024', 'Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning', 'MEL', 'Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)', 'Conservation Enterprises', 'CE', 'CE Learning Group Resources', 'Theory of Change', 'Global', 'Resources', 'New Resources'] Dec 04, 2024 08:23 PM File
Cross-Mission Learning Agenda for Conservation Enterprises Cross-Mission Learning Agenda for Conservation Enterprises This Learning Agenda explores the conditions under which a specific strategic approach is successful in achieving desired outcomes, and why, in order to improve USAID’s biodiversity programming. ['Measuring Impact', 'Biodiversity', 'Monitoring', 'Learning Group', 'Conservation Enterprises', 'MEL', 'Tool', 'Global', 'MI', 'Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)', 'Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning', 'Forestry', 'USAID', 'CE', 'Learning', 'Evaluation', 'MI Project Resources'] Jun 12, 2016 07:39 AM File
Developing a Logic Model for Communication-Based Interventions on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Developing a Logic Model for Communication-Based Interventions on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) In developing the Supporting the National Action Plan for AMR (SNAP-AMR) Logic Model, we reviewed relevant communication theories to create and target messages, and we considered behavioral change theories. The model has potential to be rolled out to other countries with similar AMR socio-cultural, epidemiological and economic contexts. ['One Health', 'Biodiversity', 'Global', 'Tool', 'Infectious Disease', '2024'] Jan 03, 2025 10:12 PM File
Evidence for Policies and Practices to Address Global Food Insecurity Evidence for Policies and Practices to Address Global Food Insecurity This review summarizes evidence for policies and practices across five elements of the agrifood system framework and identifies gaps that inform an agenda for future research. Under availability, imbalanced agriculture policies protect primarily staple food producers, and there is limited evidence on food security impacts for smallholder and women food producers. ['Global', 'Review', '2024', 'Biodiversity', 'One Health', 'Governance/Management'] Jan 17, 2025 08:31 PM File
Evolution and Expansion of the One Health Approach to Promote Sustainable and Resilient Health and Well-being: A Call to Action Evolution and Expansion of the One Health Approach to Promote Sustainable and Resilient Health and Well-being: A Call to Action To ensure the One Health approach can function effectively within the new global context of converging health, economic, and ecological crises, it must evolve and expand. ['Biodiversity', 'One Health', '2023', 'Governance/Management', 'Global', 'Guidance'] Jun 23, 2023 04:33 PM File
Financial Incentives Often Fail to Reconcile Agricultural Productivity and Pro-Conservation Behavior Financial Incentives Often Fail to Reconcile Agricultural Productivity and Pro-Conservation Behavior Paying resource users to preserve features of their environment could in theory better align production and conservation goals. However, they often do not due to a range of conservation dilemmas. This research discusses how the design of incentive programs can better align livelihood and environment goals. ['Biodiversity', 'Research', 'Global', 'One Health', '2023', 'Human Well-Being', 'Ecosystem Health'] Jun 23, 2023 05:20 PM File
From Reacting to Preventing Pandemics - Building Animal Health and Wildlife Systems for One Health in East Asia and Pacific From Reacting to Preventing Pandemics - Building Animal Health and Wildlife Systems for One Health in East Asia and Pacific The reduction of pandemic risk is a quintessential global public good and risk management that requires whole-of-society to respond to the pandemics at the country, regional, and global levels. This joint World Bank-FAO report analyzes the drivers of zoonotic and emerging infectious diseases (EID) and offers strategic recommendations for preventing their spread in animals and humans using a cross-sectoral approach. ['Biodiversity', 'One Health', 'Global', 'Infectious Disease', 'Report', 'Governance/Management', 'Human Well-Being'] Jun 23, 2023 02:29 PM File
Gender Analysis for One Health: Theoretical Perspectives and Recommendations for Practice Gender Analysis for One Health: Theoretical Perspectives and Recommendations for Practice This paper outlines the consultative workshop, ‘‘Women and One Health,’’ and highlights outcomes toward shared terminology and integration of frameworks from one health, gender analysis, and women in agriculture. Further, recommendations for education, policy, and service delivery at the intersection of women’s empowerment and one health are offered as important efforts toward the dual goals of gender equality and sustainable health of humans, animals, and their shared ecosystems. ['Biodiversity', 'One Health', '2019', 'Human Well-Being', 'Global', 'Research', 'Governance/Management'] Jul 12, 2023 07:36 PM File
Gender and Illegal Wildlife Trade A Summary of Recent Evidence Gender and Illegal Wildlife Trade A Summary of Recent Evidence The gender dynamics of the illegal wildlife trade are not well understood. Most wildlife trafficking research has not focused on how men and women may engage with the wildlife trafficking supply chain—whether as poachers, traders, consumers, or even conservationists. However, researchers have explored this evidence gap within the last two years. This brief summarizes seven recent publications and notes how this new research applies to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) programming and priorities for future research to which Agency programs may contribute. Gender and CWT Resource ['Biodiversity', 'Learning Group', 'CWT Resources', 'Gender', 'Global', 'CWT', 'CWT Learning Group Resources', 'Learning Group Resources', 'Community', 'Learning and Evidence', 'Combating Wildlife Trafficking', 'Resources', 'Learning & Evidence'] Sep 01, 2022 02:04 PM File
Global Learning and Experience Exchange: Conservation Enterprise Posters Global Learning and Experience Exchange: Conservation Enterprise Posters At the July 2019 USAID Environment Officers’ Conference, USAID's Conservation Enterprise Learning group hosted a Global Learning and Experience Exchange (GLEE). Representatives from 12 USAID-supported conservation enterprise activities presented case studies based on the Conservation Enterprise generalized theory of change. ['Economic Growth', 'Global', 'Monitoring', 'Learning Group', 'Global Learning and Experience Exchange', 'Conservation Enterprises', 'MEL', 'Economic Growth/Livelihoods', 'GLEE', 'Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)', 'Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning', 'Case Study', 'Biodiversity', 'BiodiversityLinks', 'CE', 'Learning', 'Livelihoods', 'MI2', 'Evaluation', 'Measuring Impact II'] Jan 29, 2020 05:01 AM File
Guidelines for Addressing Disease Risks in Wildlife Trade Guidelines for Addressing Disease Risks in Wildlife Trade The Guidelines respond to a need to better manage risks from emerging diseases at the human–animal–environment interface, while protecting wildlife, through a One Health approach. The Guidelines support WOAH’s core mission of improving animal health, and contribute to the WOAH Wildlife Health Framework. ['Biodiversity', 'Global', 'Guidelines', 'Governance/Management', 'One Health', '2024'] Jan 03, 2025 08:43 PM File
Helping to Heal Nature and Ourselves Through Human-Rights-Based and Gender-Responsive One Health Helping to Heal Nature and Ourselves Through Human-Rights-Based and Gender-Responsive One Health The health of our planet and humanity is threatened by biodiversity loss, disease, and climate crises. The One Health approach is a pathway to addressing outcomes in term of health and sustainability, but gender issues are largely ignored. By examining the roles and responsibilities of Indigenous and Local People, and especially women, in conserving natural resources, the study shows that women bear a disproportionate health, poverty, and climate burden. ['Biodiversity', 'One Health', 'Global', 'Review', 'Public Heath'] Jun 21, 2023 09:36 PM File
Immune-Mediated Disease Caused by Climate Change-Associated Environmental Hazards: Mitigation and Adaptation Immune-Mediated Disease Caused by Climate Change-Associated Environmental Hazards: Mitigation and Adaptation Climate change is driving an increase in immune-mediated diseases such as asthma, allergies, autoimmune diseases, and cancers. Multilevel, multisectoral adaptation and mitigation actions are vital to reduce emissions and improve air quality, provide safe housing, improve diets and agricultural practices, and increase environmental biodiversity and peoples’ exposure to natural environments. ['Biodiversity', 'Research', 'Global', '2024', 'Human Well-Being', 'One Health'] Jan 10, 2025 04:16 PM File
Individual Differences in the Definitions of Health and Well-being and the Underlying Promotional Effect of the Built Environment Individual Differences in the Definitions of Health and Well-being and the Underlying Promotional Effect of the Built Environment This study adopted a mixed-methods approach to investigate how “health” and “well-being” have been defined within the literature and in the community with the aim to clarify the definitions of those two terms further. ['Biodiversity', 'One Health', '2024', 'Global', 'Research', 'Human Well-Being'] Jan 17, 2025 09:10 PM File
Integrating Conservation & Livelihood Goals Integrating Conservation & Livelihood Goals Using a database of World Bank project evaluations, E3/FAB’s new study called “Integrating Livelihood and Conservation Goals: A Retrospective Analysis of World Bank Projects” aims to contribute to building the evidence base around the integration of biodiversity conservation and livelihood goals. ['Cross-Sectoral Integration', 'Measuring Impact', 'Conservation Enterprises Resources', 'Biodiversity', 'Learning Group', 'Conservation Enterprises', 'Economic Growth/Livelihoods', 'Global', 'MI', 'CE', 'Research', 'Economic Growth', 'Livelihoods', 'Report', 'CE Learning Group Resources', 'Resources', 'MI Project Resources'] Jan 31, 2017 10:44 PM File
Integrating Environmental Protection and Social Inclusion when Designing and Implementing Energy Infrastructure Projects Integrating Environmental Protection and Social Inclusion when Designing and Implementing Energy Infrastructure Projects This synthesis report highlights the state of knowledge on interactions between energy infrastructure and the environment. Recent projections show that demand for energy will continue to increase worldwide. Governments, regulators, and utilities are working to meet this demand by increasing energy supply, often by improving efficiency and investing in new infrastructure, such as generation, transmission and distribution networks, and mini-grids. However, many projects still fail to adequately address tradeoffs between meeting energy needs and achieving broader environmental and social sustainability goals. ['Biodiversity', 'Report', 'Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM)', '2022', 'Global', 'Wildlife', 'Renewable Energy Resources', 'Infrastructure', 'Social Impact'] Jan 17, 2023 01:57 PM File
Learn, Adapt, Repeat: Lessons from a Decade of Practicing Adaptive Management to Improve Biodiversity Conservation Learn, Adapt, Repeat: Lessons from a Decade of Practicing Adaptive Management to Improve Biodiversity Conservation After more than a decade of implementing adaptive management in biodiversity programs through the Measuring Impact and Measuring Impact 2 activities, USAID undertook a learning initiative to understand conservation practitioners’ perceptions of applying adaptive management practices and their influence on program effectiveness. This report synthesizes key findings and learning from interviews with USAID Biodiversity Division and Measuring Impact staff, implementing partners, and USAID Mission staff in Madagascar, Peru, and the Philippines. ['Biodiversity', 'Measuring Impact II', 'MI2', 'Resources', 'Adaptive Management', '2023', 'Global', 'New Resources'] Nov 28, 2023 05:33 PM File
Linkages Between Participatory Natural Resource Management and Democratic Outcomes: A Review of the Evidence Linkages Between Participatory Natural Resource Management and Democratic Outcomes: A Review of the Evidence It is widely accepted that participatory natural resource management (PNRM) can provide more effective social and ecological outcomes, but no comprehensive assessment has focused on how PNRM affects democratic outcomes more broadly. This systematic evidence review addresses that knowledge gap to answer: 1) What conditions have linked PNRM, positively or negatively, to democratic outcomes? 2) How has PNRM been linked to equity and empowerment? 3) What is the evidence base and where do remaining knowledge gaps exist? The evidence review concludes with lessons learned and implications for future programming. ['Featured Resources', 'Global', 'New Resources', 'Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM)', 'Evidence', 'Biodiversity', 'BiodiversityLinks', 'Technical Brief', 'Natural Resource Management'] Jun 03, 2022 01:55 PM File
Measuring Efforts to Combat Wildlife Crime: A Toolkit for Improving Action and Accountability Measuring Efforts to Combat Wildlife Crime: A Toolkit for Improving Action and Accountability This resource (also known as the CWT Toolkit) includes results chains, suggested indicators, and suggested outcome statements for ten common strategic approaches to combat wildlife crime. ['Evergreen Resources', 'Documents', 'Monitoring', 'Conservation', 'Evaluation', 'Combating Wildlife Crime Toolkit', 'Tool', 'Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)', 'Key Resources', 'Combating Wildlife Crime', 'Combating Wildlife Trafficking', 'CWT Toolkit', 'Wildlife', 'Biodiversity', 'CWT', 'Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning', 'Global', 'Conservation Crimes', 'Measuring Impact', 'Learning Group', 'MEL', 'Measuring Impact II', 'Crimes', 'MI', 'Toolkit', 'Featured Resources', 'Learning', 'CWT Key Resources', 'MI2', 'MI Project Resources', 'Measuring Impact II (MI2) Tools and Approaches'] Jan 26, 2017 08:19 PM File
Measuring Impact: Lessons Learned from the Forest, Climate and Communities Alliance Measuring Impact: Lessons Learned from the Forest, Climate and Communities Alliance The Forest, Climate, and Communities Alliance (FCCA) was an initiative funded by USAID’s Bureau for Economic Growth, Education, and the Environment/Office of Forestry and Biodiversity (E3/FAB) under the USAID Global Development Alliance (GDA) between 2009 and 2013. FCCA was one of the first USAID-funded projects for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+). The Rainforest Alliance (RA) implemented FCCA in Ghana and Honduras. ['Measuring Impact', 'Biodiversity', 'Monitoring', 'Learning Group', 'Conservation Enterprises', 'MEL', 'Global', 'MI', 'Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)', 'Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning', 'Forestry', 'CE', 'Learning', 'Climate and Biodiversity', 'Evaluation', 'MI Project Resources'] Feb 04, 2016 08:48 PM File
Navigating New Horizons: A Global Foresight Report on Planetary Health and Human Wellbeing Navigating New Horizons: A Global Foresight Report on Planetary Health and Human Wellbeing This Navigating New Horizons report outlines a process focused on planetary health and human wellbeing—an intentional framing to expand the range of issues and informed views that typically shape United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)’s work. ['Biodiversity', 'Global', '2024', 'One Health', 'Human Well-Being', 'Report', 'Public Heath'] Dec 12, 2024 07:15 PM File
One Health 3: How Prepared is the World? Identifying Weaknesses in Existing Assessment Frameworks for Global Health Security Through a One Health Approach One Health 3: How Prepared is the World? Identifying Weaknesses in Existing Assessment Frameworks for Global Health Security Through a One Health Approach The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed faults in the way we assess preparedness and response capacities for public health emergencies. This research critically reviews the global assessments used for measuring a multisectoral approach to preparedness for global public health emergencies. ['Biodiversity', 'One Health', '2023', 'Research', 'Global', 'Governance/Management', 'Human Well-Being', 'Ecosystem Health', 'Infectious Disease'] Jul 07, 2023 05:05 PM File
One Health 4: Global and Regional Governance of One Health and Implications for Global Health Security One Health 4: Global and Regional Governance of One Health and Implications for Global Health Security The apparent failure of global health security to prevent or prepare for the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for closer cooperation between human, animal, and environmental health sectors. This paper focuses on the four challenges to the global governance for One Health: silos among disciplines and professions; weaknesses in the interfaces of global health public goods and the international legal system; asymmetrical power dynamics, regionally and globally; and flaws in crisis-driven financing. ['Biodiversity', 'One Health', '2023', 'Research', 'Global', 'Human Well-Being', 'Infectious Disease', 'Ecosystem Health', 'Governance/Management'] Jul 07, 2023 05:15 PM File
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