Our Approach
Our Approach
Our Conservation and Facilitation Philosophy
All CPSG workshops follow these principles and steps for good planning, based on our four decades of evolving practice.
CPSG’s principles are the cornerstone upon which all our work is based. Planning according to these seven core principles improves existing conservation efforts, stimulates greater ambition, and increases collaboration.
Our eight steps to planning guide the development of an effective, implementable plan with robust support and a high likelihood of improving the future status of the species.
The collaborative development of management strategies and conservation actions by all responsible parties to produce one comprehensive conservation plan for a species whether inside or outside its natural range.
Principles & Steps Handbook
Building global capacity to save biodiversity requires a shared understanding of what effective species conservation planning looks like. CPSG has developed its Species Conservation Planning Principles & Steps document with this in mind. In 7 fundamental principles and 8 practical steps, this document presents a succinct philosophy and framework for good planning based on CPSG’s over 40 years of experience in species conservation planning.
"CPSG’s philosophy seemed ideal for helping us come to a common understanding and define a direction for the future."
Kerryn Morrison of the International Crane Foundation / Endangered Wildlife Trust partnership.