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Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Evaluation of Conservation Programs written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Katherine Clavijo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538109301
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Practical Evaluation for Conservation Education and Outreach written by Katherine Clavijo and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-02-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are the tools and skills needed to conduct meaningful, comprehensive evaluations How do we know if a conservation education or outreach program is working? Practical Evaluation for Conservation Education and Outreach: Assessing Impacts & Enhancing Effectiveness presents a simple approach to using evaluation to design, monitor and assess education and outreach. It is for anyone whose organization or work involves creating educational programs designed to raise conservation awareness and promote pro-conservation behaviors. Even more than a how-to book, it can help you to build your organization’s capacity to conduct meaningful, comprehensive evaluations. The book’s purpose is to provide specific skills and knowledge that they can immediately put to use in conducting evaluation studies of conservation education programs. The reader will build an understanding that: - Evaluation yields useful information - Evaluation should be a part of a program’s design process - Evaluation can be a positive experience - Evaluation contributes to conservation education and outreach program’s success The reader will build their knowledge of: - Key evaluation terms and concepts - The relationship between evaluation and research - How evaluation processes and finding can contribute to decision making - The strengths and weaknesses of different evaluation approaches and data collection methods - The relationship among a program’s goals, objective, activities and expected outcomes The readers will be able to - Develop and refine key evaluation questions - Review and contribute to an evaluation plan - Construct and improve data-collection instruments - Collect credible and reliable data - Interpret results and draw conclusions This book provides practical advice on conducting evaluation that is specific for conservation professionals. Case studies describe how evaluation has led to program improvements in a range of conservation settings. While there are numerous books that describe how to conduct program evaluation, none provide specific examples and tools relevant to improving environmental outcomes.
Author : National Archives of Canada
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Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (219 download)
Download or read book Conservation written by National Archives of Canada and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : USDA Land and Water Conservation Task Force
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Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (363 download)
Download or read book A Generalized Evaluation Approach for USDA Conservation Programs written by USDA Land and Water Conservation Task Force and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. General Accounting Office
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Total Pages : 156 pages
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Download or read book A Framework and Checklist for Evaluating Soil and Water Conservation Programs written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ignacio Jiménez
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1642832464
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (428 download)
Download or read book Effective Conservation written by Ignacio Jiménez and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2022-03-17 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For most, “conservation” conjures the notion of minimizing human presence on wildlands to avoid harmful impacts. But too often, this defensive approach has pitted local communities against conservationists, wasting opportunities for collaboration and setting the stage for ongoing conflict. One conservation approach turns that paradigm on its head, and instead connects conservation with the well-being of human communities, setting both up for success. Called “Full Nature,” this approach—pioneered by conservationist Ignacio Jiménez—seeks to promote fully functional natural landscapes that are tied to the basic needs of the communities in their midst. They become a self-sustaining cycle, where nature and people are integrated ecologically, socially, and politically. Effective Conservation is based on Jiménez’s experience managing conservation projects on three continents over thirty years. Jiménez offers a pragmatic approach to conservation that puts the focus on working with people—neighbors, governments, politicians, businesses, media—to ensure they have a long-term stake in protecting and restoring parks and wildlife. Jiménez guides readers through the practical considerations of designing, analyzing, and managing effective conservation programs. Chapters explore intelligence gathering, communication, planning, conflict management, and evaluation techniques, and include numerous text boxes showcasing examples of successful conservation projects from all continents. A companion website (islandpress.org/effective-conservation) includes additional case studies, expanded texts, and links to additional resources. This highly readable manual, newly translated into English after successful Spanish and Portuguese editions, provides a groundbreaking and time-proven formula for successful conservation projects around the world that bring together parks, people, and nature.
Author : Matthew Birnbaum
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
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Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)
Download or read book Environmental Program and Policy Evaluation: Addressing Methodological Challenges written by Matthew Birnbaum and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2009-07-14 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although environmental policy and program evaluation emerged rather late compared to many other areas of public policy, an energetic evaluation community in the environmental field has emerged during the last decade. This is a community of evaluators with diverse backgrounds in environmental sciences, social sciences, and general evaluation. Evaluation in the environmental field is characterized by complex policies and programs around wicked problems. They exist within complex systems composed of interacting environmental and socioeconomic systems. In furthering the state of evaluation in the environmental field, this issue of focuses on key methodological challenges: time horizons scaling data credibility research designs and counterfactuals Contributors look at each challenge with two chapters, to enhance a pluralistic discourse for development of the theory and practice of environmental evaluation. The authors?from Australia, Europe, and North America?represent the diversity of the community with respect to their formal training, personal experiences, and institutional affiliations. The issue concludes with two commentaries reflecting on the discussions in relation to that of contemporary evaluation in general and a summary of the insights for the future of environmental evaluation. These chapters cumulatively hold promise for furthering the quality of evaluations not only in the environmental field but in other fields as well. This is the 122nd volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Evaluation, an official publication of the American Evaluation Association.
Author : Richard Margoluis
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Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Measures of Success written by Richard Margoluis and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Measures of Success is a practical, hands-on guide to designing, managing, and measuring the impacts of community-oriented conservation and development projects.
Author : Linda G. Berry
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Total Pages : 53 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (161 download)
Download or read book The Role of Evaluation Results in the Bonneville Power Administration's Conservation Assessment and Demand Forecasting Models written by Linda G. Berry and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book National Summary Evaluation of the Agricultural Conservation Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Kasal
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Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book An Economic Evaluation of the Great Plain Conservation Program written by James Kasal and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael J. Doane
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (137 download)
Download or read book Taking the Con Out of Conservation Program Evaluation written by Michael J. Doane and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A crucial step in determining the cost-effectiveness of a utility conservation program is to measure the energy savings that can be directly attributed to the program. A number of alternative methods have been proposed to measure this energy savings. The alternative methods differ in terms of their complexity, implementation cost and their ability to address important methodological issues arising during program evaluation. The important methodological issues include the need to control for factors influencing energy conservation other than program participation and the need to test for self-selection bias, a problem inherent in the evaluation of most voluntary programs. This paper focuses on three methods: (1) the simple comparison of the average conservation levels of program participants and non-participants; (2) more advanced regression techniques that differentiate between participants and non-participants through the use of dummy variables; and (3) the most advanced techniques, self-selection models, which explicitly analyze the interrelated decisions to participate in a program and to consequently reduce energy consumption. These three methods are described and critiqued at the theoretical level. In order to assess their empirical implications, the methods are then applied to the residential-conservation programs offered by a particular utility, Portland General Electric Company.
Author : Planning and Management Consultants, Ltd
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Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Evaluating Urban Water Conservation Programs written by Planning and Management Consultants, Ltd and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : K. William Easter
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Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)
Download or read book An Evaluation of the Agricultural Conservation Program's Performance in Fulfilling Program and Political Objectives written by K. William Easter and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nancy Ann Degroff
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Total Pages : 168 pages
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Download or read book The Evaluation of Conservation Projects Undertaken in Summer Camps in the United States written by Nancy Ann Degroff and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jan de Graaff
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1482280256
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (822 download)
Download or read book Monitoring and Evaluation of Soil Conservation and Watershed Development Projects written by Jan de Graaff and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-04-29 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides diverse information and critical know-how to implement appropriate methodology and cost-efficient monitoring and evaluation systems better suited to assess the impacts of soil conservation and wastershed multi-sectoral development activities. It draws on a worldwide experience of specialists and a large array of ground-truthing projects and programmes. This book will meet its objective if it contributes to convince financing institutions and project managers that integrated watershed management activities have the potential to generate highly desirable impacts for the society at large, which have to be accurately measured by adequate M&E systems.
Author : Ram Adhikari Kumar
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Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (116 download)
Download or read book An Evaluation of Environmental Concerns and Private Land Conservation Programs written by Ram Adhikari Kumar and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bottomland hardwood forests and pine forests in the southern United States provide valuable ecosystem services such as timber, recreation, wildlife habitat, carbon sequestration, floodwater storage, and sediment and nutrient retention. However, these forest ecosystems are threatened because of intensive forest management, forest land conversion, and urbanization. As private landownership dominates in this region, landowner participation is crucial for success of conservation programs facilitating ecosystem services. This research focused on three different aspects of private land conservation programs. First, it estimated the impact of environmental contextual factors, private land attributes and sociodemographic characteristics on landowner concern about environmental issues. Second, it determined the influence of private land attributes, environmental concerns, frequency of contacts with federal agencies and socioeconomic characteristics on landowner satisfaction with available conservation programs. Third, it estimated the monetary compensation required by landowners to implement conservation practices focused on increasing provision of ecosystem services. Data were collected using a mail survey and from online sources. Data were analyzed using seemingly unrelated regression and logistic regression models. Results indicated that private land attributes, particularly size of agricultural land owned, and landownership goals such as providing ecosystem services and profitability, had a greater magnitude of positive association with landowner concerns about environmental issues than other factors. Similarly, size of agricultural land owned, landownership goals such as profitability and personal recreation, concerns about wildlife habitat losses and frequent contacts with federal agencies were positively related to landowner satisfaction with conservation programs. Landowner willingness to participate in a conservation program was positively related to payment amount, concerns about wildlife habitat losses, frequency of contact with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and education level. Similarly, provision of clean water as landownership objective, concerns about hurricanes and tornadoes, and landowner age were negatively associated with landowner interests to participate in conservation programs. This research also quantified landowner median willingness to accept (WTA) compensation which was $229.98 ha-1 yr-1 for participation in a conservation program related to bottomland hardwood or pine forests. The findings help identify likely participants or landowners for conservation programs facilitating ecosystem services and determine actual conservation costs at a regional level.
