8 September 2016Pétrin Visitors Centre

Black River Gorges National Park

A UNDP/GEF PAN Project Activity

2ND CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP TO OBTAIN PRACTITIONER INPUT INTO A GOOD PRACTICE

GUIDE TO NATIVE FOREST RESTORATION IN MAURITIUS

Workshop Objective

To consolidate the Good Practice Guide through stakeholder feedback on the structure of the guide and the information used, building upon the results of the stakeholder workshop held in September 2015

Ground Rules• Everybody’s input is equally valued• Respectfully listen & be patient – things may feel slow for

some but challenging for others • Participate but don’t dominate • Talk one at a time in plenary• Avoid side-conversations• Mobile phones on silent• Feel free to ask questions during plenary but be aware of

time constraints• The workshop is an information gathering exercise and not a

decision-making forum.

Four quadrants of knowledge management

Connect

Collect

PushPull

Asking Telling

Searching Publishing

Context: A long history of restoration

To expand and ensure effective management of the Mauritian protected area network to safeguard threatened biodiversity

Context: PAN Project Objective

Context: PAN Project Objective.

The Good Practice Guidecan contribute to the PAN Project objective

Principal Users & Uses

Users

Established PractitionersIn Mauritius

New PractitionersIn Mauritius

Users

The academic community

Users

The International Community

NASA Blue M

arble / NASA Goddard Photo and Video

Users

Uses

Planning

Uses

A stimulus to further improvement

The ActionLearning Cycle

Uses

Boundaries: i.e. What won’t be addressed

Noir at the Germ

an language Wikipedia

Plant Propagation

Species Recovery

Crinum mauritianum Carissa xylopicron Gaertnera psychotrioides

Kestrel photo ©Lance Woolaver, Plant photos ©Thomas Brendler

Institutional Frameworks

"Statue Of 'Justice' Old Bailey" by Lonpicman - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons

Finance and related issues

Rs

$$€

PR & Awareness

Good Practice Guide Timeline

October 2016 – April 2017 Further consultation, writing and editing

September 2016 Follow up discussions on the GPG

April 2016 Production of guide (Version 01)

September 2015 Stakeholder workshop to collect and

consolidate information.

June 2015 Stakeholder brainstorm to discuss topics for

the good practice guide

Best Practice?

Why Not

Complexity

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OVERCONFIDENCEComplexity & the relationship between

uncertainty and disagreement

Adapted from Brenda Zimmermann

Uncertainty

Disa

gree

men

tForest restoration has simple, complicated and complex aspects.

WHAT CANWE DO?

TIME

Planning

Monitoring

Evaluation

COMPLEXIMETER

Emphasise planning for the simple aspects of a project

Adapted from Ricardo Wilson-Grau

Planning and project efficiency• Gantt charts with clear timelines, roles & responsibilities• Checklists• Standard Operating Procedures• Templates• i.e. USE RECIPES

Emphasise planning for the simple aspects of a project

Emphasise planning for the simple aspects of a project

TIME

COMPLEXIMETER

MonitoringEvaluation

Planning

Adapted from Ricardo Wilson-Grau

Emphasise monitoring and evaluation for the complex aspects of a project

The ActionLearning Cycle

Manage adaptively using a systematic framework

Image from Nadya Zhexembayeva via LinkedIn

Complexity and the importance of monitoringMonitoring should cover all species concerned (flora and fauna)[We] should be well aware of the interactions between all the animals involved before undertaking weeding[There should be] constant on site visit and monitoring

Be careful what you wish for

Thanks to Michael Quinn Patton

Lewis Carroll on Monitoring

The Map is not the Territory

The Map is not the Territory

What a useful thing a pocket-map is!

Bruno

Mein Herr

That's another thing we've learned from your Nation, map-making. But we've carried it much further than you. What do you consider the largest map that would be really useful?

The Map is not the Territory

About six inches to the mile

Bruno

The Map is not the Territory

Mein Herr

Only six inches! We very soon got to six yards to the mile. Then we tried a hundred yards to the mile. And then came the grandest idea of all! We actually made a map of the country, on the scale of a mile to the mile!

The Map is not the Territory

Have you used it very much?

Bruno

The Map is not the Territory

Mein Herr

It has never been spread out, yet. The farmers objected: they said it would cover the whole country, and shut out the sunlight! So we now use the country itself, as its own map, and I assure you it does nearly as well

The Map is not the Territory

Less can be MORE

Our task today is to examine…

The ShittyFirst Draft

Good Practice Guide: Main Topics

Maintenance weedingOther possible ecosystem manipulationsCost of restorationMonitoring and evaluation.

Choice of restoration siteTechniques used for initial and maintenance weedingThe process of initial weedingTo plant or not to plant?

Review the text

Add examples and other supporting informationAdd specific sources of information (in addition to the references listed) Critique the information providedRespond to specific queries.

Edit the textSpellcheckFocus on grammar, punctuation, etc.

Facilitation Approach: World Café

Adapted from: Germany champions 2014 FIFA World Cup" by Danilo Borges/Portal da Copa copa2014.gov.br Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Commons

Topic 1 Topic 2

Topic 4 Topic 3

Session 1

Topic 1 Topic 2

Topic 4 Topic 3

Session 2

Topic 1 Topic 2

Topic 4 Topic 3

Session 3

Topic 1 Topic 2

Topic 4 Topic 3

Session 4

World Café Groups

• Techniques used for initial and maintenance weeding• The process of initial weeding 1

• To plant or not to plant?• Maintenance weeding 2

• Choice of restoration site• Other possible ecosystem manipulations 3

• Cost of restoration• Monitoring and evaluation 4

Next Step: Incorporate World Café results into the next draft Good Practice Guide