Conservation Action Planning

Conservation Action Planning (CAP) uses a process developed by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to facilitate science-based natural resource use planning. In Palau, CAPs have been used to engage communities in state-wide planning. The TNC Micronesia Program leads CAPs, but PCS assists with facilitation and meeting coordination, and provides technical support. One of the initiatives of the Belau Watershed Alliance (BWA) has been to conduct CAPs in all BWA-member states. This initiative has led to CAPs in non-member states as well.

During a state-wide CAP, a community gathers and works through a multi-step process. During multiple workshops, communities develop:

1. A state-wide vision.
2. A list of eight priority conservation targets.
3. Viability Assessments for conservation targets.
4. A list of threats to targets.
5. A ranking of the severity of each threat, per target and per threat.
6. A situational analysis (linking stakeholders, primary and secondary causes of threats, threats, and targets).
7. Conservation Strategies.
8. A list of monitoring indicators.
9. An assessment of state capacity to implement the Conservation Action Plan.

Visit our Resources Page to download CAP Reports.