Planning
is a standard business practice. The ultimate goals of planning and
adaptive management are more effective strategies, better
decision-making, continually improving return on investment and
increased credibility with donors and stakeholders. But planning also
supports other aims including being more transparent and accountable as
managers and practitioners and as an organization. To those ends, the
objectives of this guidance are to clarify expectations and help
managers and teams focus on what is most important and useful in
planning, as well as produce brief, useful and dynamic conservation
business plans (hereafter referred to as “plans”).
This guidance provides:
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A basic planning framework based on a set of core questions and key elements
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A rationale for answering each question
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Suggested step-wise process guidanceLinks to additional resources, tools and examples
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Suggested plan content, format and outlines
The guidance document available here reflects an updated version of
TNC’s conservation planning framework. This is a living document and
will be updated periodically based on user feedback.